Photograph
Hall of Travertine, Cave of the Mounds
View of a large interior cave room. There is a wooden bridge and a lighting fixture. Caption reads: "Hall of Travertine, a single room 350 feet long with the ceiling 30 feet from the floor was excavated by a solution action of water acting through the ages on solid limestone walls. In the distance, left center, towers Statuary Ridge, a massive cave onyx deposit built up on the floor of the cave by slow dripping water. Cave of the Mounds, Blue Mounds, Wis, U.S. Highways 18 & 151 twenty five miles west of Madison, Wis." |
Image ID: | 133750 |
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Creation Date: | date unknown |
Creator Name: | Diemer, Melvin E. |
City: | Blue Mounds |
County: | Dane |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Classified file, circa 1850s-1950s |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | CF 146 |
Original Dimensions: | 6 x 9.75 inches |
(12176-4) |
Bridges |
Tourism |
Caves |
Formations (Geology) |
Indoor photography |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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