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Show 3 4 t tar ar arv ar4r v 4r 4 10 10obi obi 10g g ' e eHTS ) ER rLOODLlG rLOODLIG rLOODLIGcane FLOODLIGHTS HTS TS For 74 years Seven Falls and South Southcnne Southrcnne cnne cane Canyon liavc havc have been among the major seen scen c attractions in the thee5 thees thees e5 es Peak region of Colorado ' , Visitors 'Isltors Isltors rsitors now can view VICW the famous famousat famousl theI I at night Dlght under electric electrie lights The " waterfall "aterfall aterfall shown above IS ISted isitcd ishied hied ted ty by 28 lirge luge Iuge floodlights with alternating altcrnatmg white and color effectsHESE effects effccts effectsHESE HESE UNITED STATESoodlights STATES STATESloodlights loodlights odligbts oodlights Now Nov low , Cast Beamn Beam n Scenic Falls and Canyon CanyonWtU CanyonWI Wt\U Wt U WIU WI\ WI \ \ \ U Features FeaturesCOLORADO FeaturesCOLORADO COLORADO SPRINGS COLO COLD COLOEmbracing COLDEmbracing Embracing -Embracing - 'the the ' the grandmile grand grandit grand't it 't t ' nule mile of scener3 scener ; ) in Colorado " maJ majestic estIc Seven Falls and andturesque andturesque turesque South Cheyenne Canyon have intrigued visitors toPIkes toPikes to Pikes Peak region reglOn for the past 74 years Their beauties beautieswever beautieswever beautieswever wever have been shrouded when nightfall mghtfall descended but butw butv butw w through completion ChcYenn.e ChcYenne of an electrical engineering feat featmaJor featmajor featis major scenic scemc attraction of the Rockies can be vIewedder viewedder viewed der electnc electric lIghts . . be tills tillsado mdo ado beauty spot the only com corn corn7lighted cornriy 17 7lighted lighted hghted canyon and waterfall waterfallworld waterfallworld waterfall1 ( world required reqwred regwred the use ol of 80 80ftoodJghts 80toodhghts 80i floodlights ftoodJghts toodhghts ! and more than 1 000H 000 000spot 000spotl spot spotl ! ! ghts More than t 10 vo 10of voof ' vol ot of heavy copper rubber InSUcable insucable msu InSU msucable cable was installed under underd undere undernd d , , ie e waterfall wh eh ch has seven sevenate sevenate sevenirate ate tails falls m In its 266 foot descent descentghted descentghted descentighted ghted by 28 large floodlIghts floodlIghtsateraat floodlightsalternat floodlightsl alternat ateraat ] ng white and color of e1 eft e1r r . , * " The crystal clear trout pool poole poolte e foot loot of the falls is lIghted lIghtedIght lightedfight lightedight Ight fight underwater lights re\ re ref reeal repealhe \ eal eat eale eate ! e ra nbow trout gliding glIdmg about aboutdepths abouts aboutdepths depths depths'he depthse 'he he ' e magmf magnificentweather magnificent cent weather beat- beat beatpmk beat-pink beat pink - . - . pmk pink granite gramte walls of the theyon theyon thelyon yon which rise to a height of ofore ofore ofore ore than 2 000 feet present presentimtless yuntless presentyuntless > untIess shadow effects as the theChts theCbts thehts Chts Cbts ; play upon them Variousck Various VariousICk VariousIek ICk Iek formations formahons such as the theletting thesetting theletting letting setting ; Turkey Turkev Devil S stide sIde tide de and Wre Wrestling ! > t1mg BearsI'e Bearsto Bears Bearse I'e Ie to ' e spotlighted spotlighted'by spotlightedby spotlightedaby 'hy hy ' 500 to 1 500 500Ott 500kit Ott tt lightsIajest lights lightsajest laJest Iajest ajest c pine pme trees on the banks bankse bankshe e splashing spashmg ] mountain mountam stream streamathed streamathed streamlathed athed m in var ous colored flood floodwhle floodwhile floodl while whle ] others are sprmhed sprinkled sprmhedcolored sprinkledcolored sprinkledcolored ] colored lights lJghts Stand ng as a sen senat senat senat at the entrance of the can cannonthe ) on onthe onthe the tamil famll famil ar P Uars lIars of HerIt HerIt Her HerIt It is at this point pomt that the510 the theSl0 $10 10 Sl0 $ 000 ant aircraft carbon carbonght carbonght carbonght ght has been installed mstalled The Theght Theght Theght ght has eight million candle candler r andshoots and shoots an effective beam beammles beammiles beammiles mles miles ] in m the air The Lone LonePme LonePine LonePine Pme Pine Eagles Cl C ] ff and other otheres otherres es of interest mterest are caught in m Its Itst itst itsit t path It also \ will \ III be used to top top toP p the sky to indicate that Sev SevaUs Sevails Sevalls , aUs ails is now under 1 ghts ghtsa a final touch a 90 \ watt att sound soundI soundfier I 1 fier system 1-as 1 as Ias r I -as as - - as been mstalled installed installeday installeday mstalleday ay soft mus cG cG c cG cI I G H 11 ll Dallas Tex o 0 1 man manpurchased manpurchased manpurchased purchased the.l thel the . l 400 acre seen c cet cet cct et on June 1 1946 immed ate ategan ategan ateEgan gan a program of o1 Improve improvets ImproveIs Is which have taken more than thanar thanar thanar ar to complete and have cost costox costox costox ox mately matey ] $100 100 $ 000 In " add "dd dd tlOO tion tlOOe tione tionie e rwayB lighting I1ghtmg project a sta rway rwaysteps rwaysteps tlOOI I steps has been erected to a atators atators atators tators platform on the south southat southof southo at of ( the cans can ; ) on trom from wh ch POInt POIntI POIntven pointwen pointeven I ven wen Falls Fells can be seen at onePart onePart one Part ot of a mountain mountam slope wasyed was wased wasred red ed by bulldozers to provide provideg g space for cars and a grace gracefeh gracerch gracerch feh rch has been erected over theway theway the theay way ay at the mouth ot of the canyon . . He lie e canyon approximately appromately , . } one onex Ie le oneIe onele In length is a box orta or orend 41 41end end type Before the comof cornof corn com ; of the white man the Indl Indi Indlstampeded Indistampeded Indil stampeded herds herd " , of buffalott buffalolei bWIalo buffalo 111 lei the plains into the canyone canyonre canyon re e they then were killed as canyoni I d asd was needed net.dt.d netdt.d netdtd . . The canyon canyonserved canyonserved served as a strategic re- re reat reat re-iit re iit - - at from which the Indians Indiansgilt Indiansgbt Indians.M IndiansM ' gilt gbt . off 011 their enemies At the top of the falls lies a pic pie picturesque pieturesque picturesque turesque valley with many smallwaterfalls small smallv v . waterfalls v , a aterfalls terfalls and shady nooks A short shorth shorth h ke takes the visitor to Insp rat onPoint on onPomt onPoint Pomt Point which is 1 500 feet above the thefloor thefloor thefloor floor of the canyon From this pointa pomta pomt point a breathtaking breathtakmg panorama of mighty mightyclIffs mightycliffs mightycliffs clIffs and distant plams plains is seen The Thebeauty Thebeauty Thebeauty beauty of Insp ration Po nt msp snip red redHeen redHelen redHelen Heen Helen ] Hunt Jackson to write some someof someof someof of her most famous books boots and andpoems andpoems andpoems poems and on her death in m 1885 1885her 1885her 1885her her last request was that she bll be bllburled beburied baburied burled buried there |