Old Faithful (California)
Old Faithful (Engl. The old faithful ) is the name of an artificial geyser in Calistoga in the State of California . The name of the geyser refers to the regularity with which it emits a fountain of hot water.
The geyser was created in 1870 when a settler was drilling a geothermal reservoir near Calistoga . It is now one of the tourist attractions in the Napa Valley and is accessed via California State Routes 29 and 128 .
literature
- Sybil McCabe: California's Old Faithful in Napa Valley Calistoga , n.d. n.d. (printed materials for visitors).
- Paul G. Silver / Nathalie J. Valette Silver: Detection of Hydrothermal Precursors to Large Northern California Earthquaqes , in: Science 257 (1992), pp. 1363-1368 (The authors investigate the extent to which geysers such as the Old Faithful can be used to predict of major earthquakes in Northern California).
- Old Faithful strain gauge , in: Science News 100, 14 (1971), p. 233 (on the research of John S. Rinehart, who first established a connection between changes in the eruption interval of geysers and tectonic stresses).
Web links
- Old Faithful Geyser of California (official website with information for visitors)
Coordinates: 38 ° 35 ′ 49 ″ N , 122 ° 36 ′ 8 ″ W.