This picture taken inside Lookout Mountain in Ruby Falls Cave in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1905 the natural entrance to Lookout Mountain Cave was closed during construction of a railway tunnel. In 1920 a chemist and cave enthusiast named Leo Lambert formed a company to re-open the cave as a tourist attraction. After purchasing the land, he began to drill through the limestone and discovered about an 18 inch high and four feet wide passageway. Exploring the opening, Lambert discovered the formerly hidden Ruby Falls Cave and its waterfall. Rumor has it that his wife accompanied him on the 17 hour trip and told her he would name the falls after her.
In 1975 a secondary exit from the base of the falls was cut in the event the elevator failed. Good idea huh!
Quite a lot to see here...I am a pleasantly surprised.
ReplyDeleteI will just look at your pics....thanks anyway...
ReplyDeleteNice shot...there was quite a bit to see in Chattanooga, anyway.
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