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Colorado River (river)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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Currecant Needle Black Canon, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/87
Scope and Contents

152 x 253 mm. A view from the railway track showing the sharp pinnacle of the rock on the far side of the Colorado River. The canyon, a gorge cut by this river, runs for 21 miles between northwest Arizona and southeast Nevada.

Dates: 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Grand Canyon - Colorado River, British Aviation Mission, U.S.A., September 1918, 1918-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/2/24
Scope and Contents

120 x 80 mm.

Dates: 1918-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Hanging Rock, Black Canon, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/89
Scope and Contents

151 x 252 mm. A view looking along the railway line towards an approaching locomotive, on the front which sit two men. Above and beyond the train are the overhanging cliffs which give the locality its name, with the Colorado River just visible at the right of the picture. Photograph probably by W.H. Jackson.

Dates: 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Gorge. R. Colorado. G. Can., 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/131
Scope and Contents

48 x 69 mm.

Dates: 1918
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).