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Title: The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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66 THE ARCHITECT AXD EX CIS ERR DISTANT \-II:\V OF \()RTKX OF VOLCANO OFKILAlTvA. HAWAII At a distance of about two miles from Kilauea onesees a panorama, which reveals numerous gas and steamfissures over the great area surrounding the volcano, allpaying tribute to and being carried rapidly by the galewhich sweeps the giant mass of gas vapors from thevortex. On occasional calm days these fumes rise in a verti-cally straight shaft to a height of a mile or two; then thevortex drags the gas and steam vapors from all these sub-servient fissures to its mighty self. As it reaches its alti-tude, the top expands into a great globule like a giant wineglass, or other forms which are created by cloud elementswith which it constantly battles and to which it ultimatelybecomes welded. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 67
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68 Till-. AKCHiriiCT .IXD EXGISEER RENCHILS OF VOLCANO KILAUEA. HAWAII Tlie near area to tlie crater of Kilauea is iiicriistedwith overlapping flows (jf irregular scales of granularlava of enormous ))roportion, which sound threateninglyinsecure and hollow underfoot and cut like emery. Daylight makes all volcanic elements and surround-ings look black, brown, greenish-yellow and white. Deso-lation and threats to explode and destroy without a mo-ments warning, fill the air, to the uninitiated and sensi-tive, and create every conceivable thought and sensation tothe new visitor, especially that of a desire to be there andawav at the same time. Most visitors seem to be irresist-ibly impelled to resort to poetic exaltations after they haveleft the danger zone and reached the Great Hook at the\ olcano House, which cverv visitor inscribes. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGIXEER 69

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