05-20-2011, 08:33 PM
As requested, here are a few more images from one of my on-line albums:
An aerial view of the Royal Gorge suspension bridge - alt. 1100 ft. above the river. Note the tiny tracks below!
![[Image: RoyalGorge01.jpg]](http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr19/MountainMan01/Royal%20Gorge/RoyalGorge01.jpg)
A different aerial view of the Gorge.
![[Image: Royal_Gorge02.jpg]](http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr19/MountainMan01/Royal%20Gorge/Royal_Gorge02.jpg)
The Gorge before the bridge:
![[Image: royal_gorgeo3.jpg]](http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr19/MountainMan01/Royal%20Gorge/royal_gorgeo3.jpg)
Old postcard view of the Royal Gorge train:
![[Image: royal-gorge04.jpg]](http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr19/MountainMan01/Royal%20Gorge/royal-gorge04.jpg)
Old photo of the Royal Gorge and Hanging Bridge:
![[Image: RpyalGorge05.jpg]](http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr19/MountainMan01/Royal%20Gorge/RpyalGorge05.jpg)
The funicular down to an area just above the hanging bridge:
![[Image: RoyalGorge06.jpg]](http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr19/MountainMan01/Royal%20Gorge/RoyalGorge06.jpg)
The normal state of the Gorge river - a stage 5 rapids and extremely dangerous.
![[Image: RoyalGorge07.jpg]](http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr19/MountainMan01/Royal%20Gorge/RoyalGorge07.jpg)
Paralleling the east end of the Gorge, these are the old tunnels dug by convict labor to bring water to the northern part of Canon City. Unfortunately, the blaster miscalculated and blew out the windows and cracked walls at St. Scholastica Girls Academy, several miles away, causing the project to be dropped before completion.
hock:
![[Image: RoyalGorge08.jpg]](http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr19/MountainMan01/Royal%20Gorge/RoyalGorge08.jpg)
An aerial view of the Royal Gorge suspension bridge - alt. 1100 ft. above the river. Note the tiny tracks below!
A different aerial view of the Gorge.
The Gorge before the bridge:
Old postcard view of the Royal Gorge train:
Old photo of the Royal Gorge and Hanging Bridge:
The funicular down to an area just above the hanging bridge:
The normal state of the Gorge river - a stage 5 rapids and extremely dangerous.
Paralleling the east end of the Gorge, these are the old tunnels dug by convict labor to bring water to the northern part of Canon City. Unfortunately, the blaster miscalculated and blew out the windows and cracked walls at St. Scholastica Girls Academy, several miles away, causing the project to be dropped before completion.
hock: