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PANORAMAS.
S. P. 501. PANORAMIC VIEW OP SEVEN CASTLES. Price, $6.00.
Approximate Length, 50 feet.
This picture begins about a mile east of the town of Basalt, near Glenwood Springs, and takes in about three miles of the western end of Red Rock canyon, finally showing several of the immense red monoliths known to all visitors to Colorado as the "Seven Castles." This film is an excellent example of perfect motion photography and is a splendid subject for any entertainment.
S. P. 502. PANORAMIC VIEW OP HELL GATE. Price, §8.40.
Approximate Length, 70 feet.
Probably the most "scaly" piece of railroad in America lies between Frying Pan River and Hagerman Pass — the crest of the continent. When the line was first projected the engineers were laughed at for suggesting the route down that awful chasm, and even when the preliminary surveys were taken it was necessary to lower the men and instruments down the vertical sides of the granite walls by means of steel cables. Later the same means were employed to permit the drillers to sink blast holes in the solid rock. When the road was finished the tracks were laid along a narrow shelf perched a thousand feet above a tiny little stream. The picture shows the snow-capped monarchs of the Rockies in the background, as well as the narrow shelf on which the rails were laid.
S. P. 503. PANORAMA OF THE ROYAL Price, $18.00
GORGE.
Approximate Length, 150 feet.
Everybody who has heard or read of Colorado knows about this wonderful piece of railroad. Many years ago there was a fight between the Denver & Rio Grande and the Santa Fe roads for possession of this narrow canyon, at that time believed to be the only way through the front range of mountains toward Leadville and the golden West. The Santa Fe people finally withdrew because their engineers had told them it would be an absolute impossibility to build a road up that narrow gorge where the Arkansas river rushed like a mill race between two walls of rock 2,000 feet high. In one place there was a deep pool almost in the vortex of the stream where piers' or bridges could never rest on solid foundation. The Rio Grande people found the place later, but their engineers solved the problem in the most singular manner ever heard of. A bridge was built and anchored to the rock on one side. Then two great steel trusses were thrown across the canyon, and from these the outside end of the bridge was swung by means of rods from above. For) many years — even now — this bridge is pointed out as the greatest single example of the skill of American engineers in solving apparently impossible problems.
Nearly or quite four miles of track are displayed in this picture, and that includes not only the best portion of the Royal Gorge, but the wonderful hanging bridge as well. At this point the engine from which the picture was taken was slowed down a trifle, and this "keeps this interesting portion of the picture on the screen longer than otherwise.
S. P. 505. PANORAMA OP UTE PASS. Price, $22.20.
Approximate Length, 185 feet.
Five miles of the most sublime of Rocky mountain scenery taken under exceptionally favorable riivumstances — the Colorado Midland Railway providing a special train to get this picture. Ute Pass extends from Manitou through the mountains at the base of
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