Postcards: Two Views of Natural Bridge, Rockbridge County, Ole Virginny, 1940s.Upper: “Night Illumin
Postcards: Two Views of Natural Bridge, Rockbridge County, Ole Virginny, 1940s.Upper: “Night Illumination the 4th Day,” Natural Bridge, VA. NATURAL BRIDGE in Natural Bridge, VA is indeed a soul stirring spectacle when darkness covers the giant arch. As a master voice speaks the words ‘In the beginning God…’ a canopy of of, changing light spreads across the great stone bridge; the majestic mixed chorus and organmutic drifts out upon the night and the story of the Creation unfolds. The performance is profound and breathtaking, it is the Dawning of the WorldLower: “NATURAL BRIDGE—One of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. There is no other structure like it. The Lee Highway, US No. 11 Passes Over Natural Bridge. It is Higher by 55 feet than Niagara Falls. The mean height of the bridge from the stream below to its upper surface is 215 feet, it has a span of 90 feet between the walls, width average 100 feet and the arch is 40 feet thick.Hotel and cottage accommodations. Open all year, illumination every night”Once owned by Thomas Jefferson, this bit of erosion has been a tourist attraction for generations, and remains a minor side trip for visitors to the Shanendoah Valley and the nearby Blue Ridge. US 11 never passed over it, it is perpendicular to the orientation of that route, but at one time cars could drive through after they paid the admission fee.The red splotch in the lower scan is ink and not a part of the original card. -- source link
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