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Switzerland - Handeck, Falls of the Aar

Coloured lantern slide of the Aar Falls at Handeck. A waterfall on the Aare River in Bern, Switzerland; it is located about 9 miles south of Meiringen village. After carving its way through the Aare Gorge, the stream is joined by the Aerlenbach creek and plunges from a height of 150 feet into a cauldron. There is the Handegg I hydroelectric station near the foot of the falls.. Slide number 23 of Box 181 entitled Swiss No.1

Picture No
10903244
Media ID
44896187
Size
4389px x 4450px (13.7MB)
Credit
©The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans
Source
Lantern slide
Date
circa 1890s

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