Pot Boiler
item
- Title
- Pot Boiler
- Description
- LCN 10109954 ; Our Romantic Niagara
- en-CA Used in the book Our Romantic Niagara by Albert H. Tiplin. This "pot boiler" is of brown limestone. When a specimen of pot boiler such as this is swept over a cascade of water it acts in tandem with rough sand particles, swirling rapidly and eventually cutting divets or "pot holes" into the bedrock below. Pot boilers have been known to etch holes into rock as much as 3 metres thick. Here, it is placed alongside a common baseball to give a relative idea of the boulders size.
- Identifier
- http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=91088
- Creator
- Tiplin, Albert H.
- Medium
- Photograph
- Extent
- 5 7/8" x 2 1/8" B&W photograph
- Provenance
- Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation
- Date
- 1938
- Is Part Of
- Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation Collection
- locator
- 11754
- Rights Holder
- Niagara Falls Public Library
- number
- D11754
- Format
- Photograph
- Date Created
- 2003-06-18
- Date Modified
- 2005-01-20
- Media
Pot Boiler