Scenic gems of the White Mountains . o o. MT. WASHINGTON, FROM THE LOWER GATEWAY, CRaWFORD NOTCH. This view, with Mt. Washington rising in snow-capped majesty upon the right centre, supported by the attendant peaks of the PresidentialRange, is generally termed the First view of Mt. Washington, as it is the first to be disclosed to those visitors who journey toward cloudlandfrom the sea at Portland. Immediately after entering the lower gateway to the Crawford Notch, there appears through a rift in the foothillswhich crowd around the narrow valley, this grand inspiring picture. It is one of the
Scenic gems of the White Mountains . o o. MT. WASHINGTON, FROM THE LOWER GATEWAY, CRaWFORD NOTCH. This view, with Mt. Washington rising in snow-capped majesty upon the right centre, supported by the attendant peaks of the PresidentialRange, is generally termed the First view of Mt. Washington, as it is the first to be disclosed to those visitors who journey toward cloudlandfrom the sea at Portland. Immediately after entering the lower gateway to the Crawford Notch, there appears through a rift in the foothillswhich crowd around the narrow valley, this grand inspiring picture. It is one of the grandest possible views of Mt. Washington with the greatpeak nobly and suitably enframed between its high southern spurs. Seen from the railroad train the exhibition is over almost as soon asdisclosed, for the passing of the train again hides his majesty. To the left in the above picture rise high the stern iron-bound Frankensteincliffs, below which is an equally precipitous gorge, spanned by a thread of steel, the Frankenstein trestle.
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