. Descriptive and illustrated guide book of the famous Watkins Glen, a New York reservation, located at Watkins, Sehuyler Co., (head of Seneca Lake). d by ponderous walls, which precludethe idea of scaling. The pool at this place is one of the largest and deepest in theGlen, and before the debris from rock cutting at the tunnel and other pointshad been dumped into it had a depth of sixty feet or more. Formerly the longstairs of forty-three steps led up in front of the Cascade, and the upper endrested in the remains of an ancient pool, which is discernible to-day. As wepass into the cavern
. Descriptive and illustrated guide book of the famous Watkins Glen, a New York reservation, located at Watkins, Sehuyler Co., (head of Seneca Lake). d by ponderous walls, which precludethe idea of scaling. The pool at this place is one of the largest and deepest in theGlen, and before the debris from rock cutting at the tunnel and other pointshad been dumped into it had a depth of sixty feet or more. Formerly the longstairs of forty-three steps led up in front of the Cascade, and the upper endrested in the remains of an ancient pool, which is discernible to-day. As wepass into the cavern back of the falling water there opens before us a spiraltunnel in the north wall, and when the water is high the roar at this point isdeafening. Hastening on we are soon at the view point above, gazing into whirl-wind gorge. From here a path leads out of the Glen, and we can visit PointLook-Off. The site ot the Old Glen Mountain House and Hopes Art Gallery,or Glenwood Cemetery,until acquired by the State,all had to climb up to thelevel of the SuspensionBridge in going throughthe gorge. The sectionover which we have passedis known as the [ 18 ]
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