Sujet
Inundations in the United States: Cumberland River, looking up stream, from Clarksville, 1874. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Inundations in the United States: Cumberland River, looking up stream, from Clarksville, 1874. 'The swelling and overflow of the Cumberland river, a month ago, presented an extraordinary spectacle...We are indebted to Dr. D. F. Wright, of that town, and to his neighbour, Mr. M'Cormac, the skilful photographer, for the four views shown in our Engravings... In photograph No. 4 we see the river looking up stream. The building nearest the eye, in the centre of the view, is the remains of a saw-mill and lumber-yard destroyed by the flood. Just beyond this building a deep gully, dry at low water, opens into the river from the left hand. Front-street may again be traced in this view. Commencing with the planks partly immersed, in the foreground, it passes between the saw-mill and the little building in the left foreground, which is the business office of the saw-mill. It is thence continued by a wooden bridge over the gully above mentioned, now entirely submerged and probably destroyed...The thin line of trees crossing the water marks the bank of the river, which here takes an abrupt turn to the right. The water beyond the trees is a lake, covering several hundred acres, formed by the overflow'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.
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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
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HRM25A33_064
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Droits gérés
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5,9Mo (556,8Ko) / 14,9cm x 9,9cm / 1765 x 1169 (300dpi)