the path behind ....
...Ruby Falls
The path behind the waterfall was built in 1954.
Over 70,000 feet of wiring is in the cave for the over 500 lights.
The alternate exit from Ruby Falls Cavern was constructed in the 1970s. This pathway, which extends an additional 1000 feet from the elevator to the side of the mountain cost $100,000 to build. The alternate exit was created by Cowin Engineering Company of Birmingham, Alabama. They are the company that drilled the original shaft. In 1985, the company also constructed bypasses in the cave.
The men who constructed the pathways at Ruby Falls were mining engineers from the copper mines of Copperhill, Tennessee.
•Many of the formations in the cave were broken by young tour guides during the Great Depression. They broke off formations and sold the onyx to help support their families. During this time, the cave also suffered from vandalism. Very little of the damage to the cave was caused by the excavation process.
Christian Rocher 16/05/2010 7:53
Très belle image j'aime beaucoup l'ambiante de cette imageBravo j'aime
Christian
Michael Grotkamp 16/05/2010 6:37
Die Kritik schwingt klar mit. Gut so !Es ist ziemlich pervers, was für den Lemminge-
Tourismus so alles an Einmaligkeit gedankenlos
flach gemacht wird... nicht nur dort.
Zwei spannende Fotos und top Info, Reiner !
lg, Michael
Willewaller 15/05/2010 22:37
Zwei beeindruckende Fotos.Leider geht es mir wie Rudolf A. dadurch fehlen mir die bestimmt interessanten Erklärungen.
LG WW
Rudolf A. 15/05/2010 20:31
ein tolles farbenspiel ,leiger ist mein englisch nicht so gut das ich alles verstehe das du dazu geschrieben hast !lg rudolf