Title

Blondin Rope Ascension Over Whirlpool Rapids With Colcord

Date

1977

1860

Creator

Campbell, Donna Marie

Extent

35.86 x 25.7 cm

Is Part Of

Watercolour Collection

Description

en-CA Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation Government of Canada Local Initiatives Grant AK 2403-9 1974 - 1975 ; Artistic recreation based on a stereograph by Platt D Babbit held at the Earl W Brydges Public Library Niagara Falls NY ; Research by George Seibel ; "For the 1860 season Blondin stretched his rope across the Niagara Gorge below the Railway Suspension Bridge right over the Whirlpool Rapids. On September 8th in the presence of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward, he again carried Colcord across on his back", excerpted from "Anthology & Bibliography of Niagara Falls by Dow volume 1 page 418" ;

Type

Still Image

Medium

Watercolour

Subject

Niagara River - Lower

Stunts and Stunters

Niagara Whirlpool and Rapids

Location

CA

Canada - Ontario

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=102712

locator

WC 5

Date Created

2005-02-10

Date Modified

2005-02-10