Tower Falls

Title:: Tower Falls
Description:: Tower Falls, on Tower Creek, a small tributary of the Yellowstone, fifteen miles below the falls and about 500 yards above the junction of the streams. They are 132 feet in height, emerging from between great towers of closely-cemented breccia, that extend far up its cañon toward its source in Mount Washburn. (See No. 233, 1871 series.) (Jackson, 1875)
Photographer:: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
Sponsor:: Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
Sponsor:: Geological Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
Name on Item:: W. H. Jackson, photographer
Date:: 1872
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Albumen prints
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: Photographs of the American West
Series:: William Henry Jackson Photographs
Subjects:: Waterfalls
Places:: Yellowstone National Park
Tower Fall
Extent:: 1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; sheet 34 x 26 cm, mount 51 x 41 cm
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Notes:: Title from Jackson, 1875.
Jackson, 1875: No. 23, 1872 series.
Number written on mount: 1.
Notes (date):: Date from Jackson, 1875.
Notes (citation):: Jackson, William Henry. "Descriptive catalogue of the photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories : for the years 1869 to 1875, inclusive." Government Printing Office, 1875, Washington.
Identifier:: 22_12_000004