![platform2](https://i0.wp.com/www.urbancreek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/platform2.jpg?resize=754%2C800)
This photo is was taken on June 11, 1904, and shows that the Park Board’s viewing platform wasn’t holding up as well as one might hope. This looks like a combination of vandalism and deterioration, with groundwater probably playing a part in the crumbling edge. The land where this platform was looks like this today: