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Location Crook County, Wyoming, USA
Nearest city Hulett, Wyoming
Coordinates: 44°35′25″N by 104°42′55″W
Area1,346.91 acres (5.45 km2)
EstablishedSeptember 24, 1906
Visitors386,558 (in 2004)
Governing body National Park Service
The Devil's Chimney is a limestone rock formation that stands above a disused quarry on Leckhampton Hill, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
It is named for its peculiar shape, that of a crooked and twisted chimney rising from the ground. It is a local landmark, but its origins are uncertain. In 1926 it survived an earthquake, but not without a few cracks. In 1985 it was repaired and protected from further erosion.
Legend holds that the Devil's Chimney is the chimney of the Devil's dwelling deep beneath the ground. Supposedly the Devil, provoked by the many Christian churches of the area, would sit atop Leckhampton Hill and hurl stones at Sunday churchgoers. However the stones were turned back on him, driving him beneath the ground and trapping him there so he could not further harass the villagers. Now he uses the mass of stones as his chimney to let free the smokes of hell.
In the past, when the “chimney” was accessible, visitors would leave a coin on top of the rock as payment to the Devil in exchange for his staying in his underground home and not leaving to create mischief and spread evil in the local area.
The 19th-century geologist S. Buckman suggested that the strange shape of the Devil's Chimney could be put down to differential erosion, involving the softer outer rock being worn away to leave only the inner harder rock remaining. However, this would require some explanation of why there was a column of harder rock there in the first place.
The truth is probably that the Devil's Chimney was left behind by 18th-century quarry workers, who quarried around it as a joke.
© Mike Broome 2022
Devils Dyke, Sussex in May 2003 on a trip to see the Earl Marshall the Duke of Norfolk at Arundal Castle.
The senior Catholic in the country,controller of all regal seals symbols and coats of arms and and and and wait for this ...the past duke served in the Irish Guards with my dad....needless to say we didn't see the Duke that day.
Take Devil's Staircase trekking and enjoy the breathtaking views of the Southern Plains. This famous route is a 14km long trail of sharp zig-zag twists that are extremely steep and difficult, but quite thrilling to travel.
During World War II the San Francisco Bay Area has been described as “a giant cannon aimed at the Pacific.” These concrete bunkers along Devil’s Slide (south of Pacifica along Highway 1) are all that remains of a long-retired guard to the western United States.
Devil's tower night shot. Looking for a close encounter. Moonless night. About 5 min. exposure at 3200 ISO and 2.8. I did have a close encounter when a deer suddenly stepped out from behind a bush about 5 feet in front of the camera calmly munching on the campground grass.
I work in a consignment store. Sometimes an item comes through that is so strange, magnificent, and/or remarkable that I have to show it to you. This is one of those things. Here's a description I found about it.
"The devil mask captures the essence of the Oruro Carnival. The devil or Supay represents the Andean pre-conquest underworld figure that was lord of the hills and transmogrified by the Christians as the Devil. It has become one of the most popular carnival characters and is uniquely representative of Bolivian folk art."
It is made of tin and appears to be soldered together. It's extremely light in weight and has a thin, foam lining-so it would be comfortable to wear.
Red Devil is a manufacturer of caulking, glazing, sealants and related surface preparation tools for glaziers, painters and masons. They are a privately owned family business with manufacturing facilities in Pryor, Oklahoma. The company is currently headquartered in Pryor, Oklahoma.
The company was founded as Smith & Hemenway Company, in 1872 by Landon P. Smith and John Francis Hemenway in Hill, New Hampshire. The company manufactured the "Woodward Wizard", patented by Frank R. Woodward in 1875, for cutting glass. During a trip to Sweden Smith, heard a blacksmith call sparks "those little red devils" and he named the tool after that phrase.
In 1926 Landon P. Smith bought John Francis Hemenway's shares in the company and Hemenway retired.
In 1932, general manager George Ludlow Lee, Sr. acquired Vesco Tools Company's line of wood scrapers.
In the 1950s George Ludlow Lee, Sr. became chairman of the board.
In 1963 George Ludlow Lee, Jr. acquired Schalk Chemical Company adding adhesives and cleaners to the companies product line.
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Devil Falls is a 20' tall, two tiered waterfall on Finney Creek that finishes with a plunge into a gorgeous, deep pool of green water.
Devils Tower (Lakota: Matȟó Thípila ("Bear Lodge") or Ptehé Ǧí ("Brown Buffalo Horn") (Arapaho: Wox Niiinon) is an igneous intrusion or laccolith in the Black Hills near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises dramatically 1,267 feet (386 m) above the surrounding terrain and the summit is 5,114 feet (1,559 m) above sea level.
Devils Tower was the first declared United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. The Monument's boundary encloses an area of 1,347 acres.
In recent years, about 1% of the Monument's 400,000 annual visitors climb Devils Tower, mostly using traditional climbing techniques.
The information above comes from Wikipedia:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Tower