Approaching the Chin Rapids

Title: Approaching the Chin Rapids See all items with this value
Caption: Chin Rapids See all items with this value
Identifier: SEFA_049
Alternative Identifier: Simpson Album p41
Description: Taken from the front of the houseboat, the photo depicts calm waters in the foreground, approaching turbulent waters rounding a peninsula on the right and mountains in the background. See all items with this value
Commentary: The Chin Rapids were within the Xiling Gorge, the first of the three gorges when traveling west, just above Yichang. This could have been taken in 1910 when Alice Estabrook journeyed to Sichuan, or in 1913 when E. Kyle Simpson traveled there. See all items with this value
Date Created: 1910 or 1913
Location: Yangzi Gorges See all items with this value
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/6354946/three-gorges-dam.html
Original Format: Photographic print
Relation: Cargo Boat Shooting the Rapid in Xiling Gorge
Is Part Of: Simpson-Estabrook Photo Album
Source: Courtesy of Kyle Jolliffe
Provenance: Curated by Alice Estabrook Simpson - captions written by her. In the care of Kyle Jolliffe. See all items with this value
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2026-09-28
Contributor: Cory Willmott; Kyle Jolliffe
Type: Still Image

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