A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . ughkeepsie is one of the largest construction of the most complex andpowerful steam machines, and especial-ly of this class, has excited admirationabroad, as well as at home ; and multi-tudes of our locomotives are now per-forming the labors of some of the prin-ipal railroads of Europe, while ourfurnaces and workshops are resoundingwith the preparations for many more, Ro?tian Catholic Church at Cold-Spring.—A few miles below Pough-keepsie, and opposite West Point, onan elevation commanding a view of theriver, is this neat little edific
A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . ughkeepsie is one of the largest construction of the most complex andpowerful steam machines, and especial-ly of this class, has excited admirationabroad, as well as at home ; and multi-tudes of our locomotives are now per-forming the labors of some of the prin-ipal railroads of Europe, while ourfurnaces and workshops are resoundingwith the preparations for many more, Ro?tian Catholic Church at Cold-Spring.—A few miles below Pough-keepsie, and opposite West Point, onan elevation commanding a view of theriver, is this neat little edifice, just abovethe landing. It is of plain, Grecianstyle, with four Doric columns. is brick, but the whole is cov-ered with stucco, which gives it the ap-pearance of white stone. The Stone-Church at Dover.—Abouttwenty-four miles east from Poughkeep-sie, near the village of Dover, is a re-markable cavern, which, from the pecu-liar, angular form of its roof, has re-ceived the name of the stone-church,This natural cavity appears to have been. 184 DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. slowly formed by the flowing of a stream,which, coming down the mountain inwhich the cavein is found, enters at anarrow fissure in the Ioof, and, descend-ing from crag to crag, presents a beau-tiful succession of cascades, till it reachesthe level of the floor, where it spreadsout in a quiet little pond. The wholecavern is large, being divided into twocompartments by an immense rock wliichhas fallen from above. The inner cham-ber is about seventy feet in length,while the Gothic arch above is twentyfeet in width, and the top about twohundred feet high. The scene, remarks a visiter, iswell fitted to inspire devotional feelings :the heart acknowledges the power of theCreator, and rises in admiration of hisworks. Troy is one of the numerous townsin this state which display striking evi-dence of rapid, substantial, and perma-nent improvement, which has been soextensively occasioned by the e
Size: 1236px × 2022px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, bookidnewpopularpi, bookyear1848
