Title

Fred's cabin on the ice bridge / Niagara Falls in Winter

Description

Upper Suspension Bridge

from a stereo image no. 215 by George Barker for the private collection of Thomas D. Mahoney Buffalo New York

en-CA The shanties used on the ice bridge were made of a wood covered with tar paper, and they came from the Canadian side. There was a convenient road there, leading down to the water's edge, and besides, the Canadian police were more lenient. At times some enterprising individual on the U.S. side would get the idea of going into business and throw planks over the bank at the U.S. incline, planning to pick them up later and build a shack. It was a simple matter for the U.S. Police to collect the fallen timber and confiscate it, thus thwarting plans. Taken from Niagara - Maid of the Mist

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=89381

Creator

Barker, George

Medium

Photograph

Extent

4.5" x 5" black & white

Is Part Of

Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation Collection

locator

v.17 p.57

Subject

Niagara River - Ice

Niagara River - Lower

Niagara Falls - General

Bridges - Suspension

Spatial Coverage

Canada - Ontario

number

D10217

Format

Photograph

Date Created

2002-08-28

Date Modified

2005-01-20