Devil's Canyon, Geysers, Looking Down 1868–70 Carleton E. Watkins American This tortured landscape shows Devil's Canyon, which is cited in William Bentley's Hand-Book of the Pacific Coast (1884) as a "favored resort for pleasure seekers" from nearby San Francisco. Located in Sonoma County, its chief feature was a crevasse six feet in diameter known as the "Steam Pipe," a Dantean inferno from which steam bellowed forth with a blast that often exceeded the scream of a locomotive whistle. The tiny figure on the left, a surrogate for the viewer, is rare in Watkins' work and is thought to be the ph

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• Dimensions: 3811 x 2899 px | 32.3 x 24.5 cm | 12.7 x 9.7 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 22 January 2022

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Devil's Canyon, Geysers, Looking Down 1868–70 Carleton E. Watkins American This tortured landscape shows Devil's Canyon, which is cited in William Bentley's Hand-Book of the Pacific Coast (1884) as a "favored resort for pleasure seekers" from nearby San Francisco. Located in Sonoma County, its chief feature was a crevasse six feet in diameter known as the "Steam Pipe, " a Dantean inferno from which steam bellowed forth with a blast that often exceeded the scream of a locomotive whistle. The tiny figure on the left, a surrogate for the viewer, is rare in Watkins' work and is thought to be the photographer himself.. Devil's Canyon, Geysers, Looking Down 266132