Historic Niagara Digital Collections

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• Niagara Parks Commission Collection Template

  From a watercolour
• Terrapin Point
• Niagara Falls (Falls)
• Niagara (Horseshoe Falls)
• Niagara (Lower River)
• Niagara (Canadian Shore)
• Niagara (American Shore)
• Niagara (Trees on Shore)
• Niagara
• No Title (Mrs Porter's Villa)
• Niagara
• Niagara
• No Title (Railway Suspension Bridge)
• Wood Scenery center of Goat Island
• View over the Rapids down to American Falls
• Whirlpool seen from the American side
• View over the Rapids down to American Falls
• View over the Rapids down to American Falls*
• View of Three Sisters from Goat Island
• View of the Horseshoe Falls from Snail Road leading to Clifton House Canada
• View from Goat Island toward Rapids
• Tree group on the American River bank
• Three Sisters Island Canada in the Background
• Terrapin Tower built in rapids above Horseshoe Falls
• Table Rock & Clifton House Canada to the right
• Rapids between Goat and Love Island
• The Railway Suspension Bridge
• Prospect Park with a view of Canada
• Paper Mills at Entrance to Goat Island
• Niagara Village Seen from Goat Island
• Niagara Falls & Bottom steps and Cataract Leading to Ferry
• Niagara Canal with the Railroad Bridge to Philadelphia Depot
• New Suspension Bridge
• National Hotel
• Monteagle house by Suspension Bridge
• Mrs. Porter's Villa
• Mrs. Porter's Two Villas
• Main Street Niagara Village
• Love Island in the Rapids
• International Hotel and Cataract House
• Hermit Cascade between Goat Island and Three Sisters Islands
• Head of Goat Island
• Group of Old Cedar Trees, Third Sister Island
• Entrance to Goat Island
• Dynamiting The Collapsed Falls View Bridge

  From a copyright photo by James of Niagara Falls in the Ontario Archives, Toronto.
• Twisted Girders After the Collapse

  View of U.S. side of the collapsed Upper Steel Arch Bridge. From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Fall of the Honeymoon Bridge

  From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Action Shot of Collapse of Upper Steel Arch Bridge

  Action shot of bridge falling 4:20 pm; 1 of 9. From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Action Shot of Collapse of Upper Steel Arch Bridge

  Action shot of bridge falling 4:20 pm; 2 of 9. From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Action Shot of Collapse of Upper Steel Arch Bridge

  Action shot of bridge falling 4:20 pm; 3 of 9. From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Action Shot of Collapse of Upper Steel Arch Bridge

  Action shot of bridge falling 4:20 pm; 4 of 9. From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Action Shot of Collapse of Upper Steel Arch Bridge

  Action shot of bridge falling 4:20 pm; 5 of 9. From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Action Shot of Collapse of Upper Steel Arch Bridge

  Action shot of bridge falling 4:20 pm; 6 of 9. From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Action Shot of Collapse of Upper Steel Arch Bridge

  Action shot of bridge falling 4:20 pm; 7 of 9. From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Action Shot of Collapse of Upper Steel Arch Bridge

  Action shot of bridge falling 4:20 pm; 8 of 9. From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Action Shot of Collapse of Upper Steel Arch Bridge

  Action shot of bridge falling 4:20 pm; 9 of 9. From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Aerial Shot of Collapse of Upper Steel Arch Bridge

  From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Crowd Attracted by Collapse of Upper Steel Arch Bridge

  Crowd on U.S. side, attracted by collapsed Upper Steel Arch Bridge. From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Collapsed Upper Steel Arch Bridge From U.S. Side

  From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Collapsed Upper Steel Arch Bridge

  Collapsed Upper Steel Arch Bridge [Falls View Bridge] resting on Niagara River ice jam, looking towards U.S. side. From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Collapsed Upper Steel Arch Bridge U.S. Side

  From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Twisted Girders of Collapsed Upper Steel Arch Bridge Looking Toward U.S. Side

  Twisted girders of collapsed Upper Steel Arch Bridge, looking towards U.S. side. From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Twisted Girders of Collapsed Upper Steel Arch Bridge

  Twisted girders of collapsed Upper Steel Arch Bridge. From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Ice Jam That Caused Collapse of the Upper Steel Arch Bridge

  U.S. side, point where pressure of ice broke bridge abutment supports. From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• U.S. Section of Upper Steel Arch Bridge has sunk to the river bottom

  On January 27, 1938 an ice jam, exerting enormous pressure on the abutments of the Falls View Bridge, caused it to collapse onto the ice bridge below.
• Canadian Section of Upper Steel Arch Bridge on Deteriorating Ice Bridge

  From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Canadian Section of Upper Steel Arch Bridge on Deteriorating Ice Bridge

  From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Canadian Section of Upper Steel Arch Bridge on Deteriorating Ice Bridge

  From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Canadian Section of Upper Steel Arch Bridge on Ice

  From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Collapsed Honeymoon Bridge

  From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Part of the Collapsed Falls View Bridge

  Canadian section of the Upper Steel Arch Bridge [Falls View Bridge] going downriver on moving remnants of ice bridge, 3:25 pm. From a Buffalo Evening News photograph in the Buffalo Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Crowds Gather to Watch Collapse of Falls View Bridge

  Part of the Carnochan-Flay Collection
• Collapsed Falls View Bridge

  Part of the Carnochan-Flay Collection
• New Falls View Upper Suspension Bridge - Entrance - Canadian side

  Original held in the collection of Earl W Brydges Public Library, Niagara Falls, New York ; A close up view of the entrance of the Canadian terminus. The gatekeeper seated on the chair at the left was outfitted in a uniform of blue broadcloth with silver buttons and a cap of the same material embellished with gold lace and the letters NSB, The large white stone markers on either side of the entrance were placed there to keep carriages from cutting too sharp a corner and damaging the edge of the woodwork at the entrance. The corrugated iron panels are in view behind the entrance - George Seibel ;
• The Devil's Hole
• Decent to the Spring American Side
• Clifton House Canada Side
• Center Falls
• Cataract House Victoria Point
• Burning Spring Canada Side
• Cataract House German Hotel Saw Mills in the Background
• Bridges between Niagara Village and Goat Island
• Bridge from Lower (Lover) to Goat Island Canada in the background
• Baptism in the Niagara River
• Richardt Collection template
• Railway Suspension Bridge Niagara Falls

  View shows the end of the tracks at the American end of the bridge soon after the bridge was opened ;
• Train on the Railway Suspension Bridge at Niagara Falls

  Photograph from a stereographic image by an unknown photographer ;
• Construction of the Lower Steel Arch Bridge over the Whirlpool Rapids Niagara Falls

  Photograph of a stereograph published by Griffith & Griffith ;
• Collapse of the rock wall in the Niagara Gorge underneath the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge
• Lower Steel Arch & Michigan Central Railway [MCRR] Bridge construction at Niagara Falls NY
• Lower Steel Arch & Michigan Central Railway [MCRR] Bridge construction at Niagara Falls NY
• Train crossing the Michigan Central Rail Road Arch Bridge US side

  There is a handwritten note in the bottom right corner which indicates that the train crossing the bridge is the first train to do so ;
• CP [Canadian Pacific] train on the Whirlpool Rapids Railway Arch Bridge over Niagara Gorge

  Includes 3 negatives
• Construction of the Lower Steel Arch Railway Bridge Niagara Falls
• Construction workers gather on the newly completed Lower Steel Arch Bridge at Niagara Falls, train in background
• Lower Steel Arch & Michigan Central Railway [MCRR] Bridge construction at Niagara Falls NY
• Lower Steel Arch & Michigan Central Railway [MCRR] Bridge construction at Niagara Falls NY
• Cantilever & Michigan Central Railway Bridge [MCRR], Lower Steel Arch Bridge at Niagara Falls

  Reverse reads A mile below the Falls the Niagara River is spanned by two railway bridges, the lower one of which also provides accommodation for vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The Whirlpool Rapids begin just below the bridges.
• The opening of the Cantilever & Michigan Central Railway Bridge [MCRR] at Niagara Falls

  The Horseshoe Falls and the Suspension Bridge can be seen in the background ;
• Steel Arch & Cantilever Bridges Over Niagara River

  Also known as the Lower Steel Arch Bridge, later the Whirlpool Bridge ; also in image the Niagara Falls Belt Line ;