Approaching the Chin Rapids

Item

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 p10
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. See all items with this value
Creator
E. Kyle Simpson
Date Created
Between 1913-03-10 and 1913-03-22
Location
Yangtze Gorges See all items with this value
Geonames
https://www.geonames.org/6354946/three-gorges-dam.html
Event
1913 Dr. E. Kyle Simpson's First Yangtze River Voyage
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
E. Kyle Simpson photos 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-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en
Publisher
SIUE
Record Date
2026-09-28
Contributor
Cory Willmott; Kyle Jolliffe
Type
Still Image
References
"Of course you would like me to tell you something of the gorges. Even my kodak fails to do them any degree of justice. They wait to be the crowning glory of some unknown artist's brush. Sometimes the rocks rise almost perpendicularly several hundred feet above the water level. Where they are not so steep and there is any chance of obtaining his dinner, then the caves are inhabited."
1913 Letter from Dr. E. Kyle Simpson, Chungking, West China
Media
SEFA_049_Simpson Album p10 Chin Rapids.jpg

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Title Class
Cargo Boat Shooting the Rapid in Xiling Gorge Image
Resource class
Image