This card shows the Delta Dam, Aqueduct and Locks, near Rome, N.Y. There are Clouds and what appears to be the setting sun in the background. On the left of the card a Dam house can be seen on the top of the dam. The number 217 219 appears on the bottom left of the card. A flight of three canal locks runs from slightly above the dam down to the aqueduct. The aqueduct runs throughtout the postcard parallel to the dam. In the middle of the aqueduct are two spillways. The water is flowing into the river below.
Postal data: posted, postmarked [wavy postmark] (Rome, N.Y., Aug 14, 12:30 PM, 1913), stamp; Postcard type: divided back (Address Only); Logo (Post Card); Written Message (Dam, Aquaduct, +Locks CANAL [underlined C]. Mis. Luce); Addressee (Mrs. F. Moore, Davis Ave, Arlington Mass).
Digitized by Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY). Front Image Digitization Team: LBSCI 757, Digital Imaging, Fall 2011: Colette Montoya, Amy Monte. Back Image Digitization Team: LBSCI 757, Digital Imaging, Fall 2011: Colette Montoya, Amy Monte
Extent
3.5 in. x 5.5 in.
Publishing Note
The Leighton & Valentine Co.,N.Y. City. Printed in United States.[indicated on back only]
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