This Pothole was formed in the ancient Niagara River Bed, now Wintergreen Flats. Later the rock layers around it were undercut causing it to fall to the terrace below.
The track down the middle of the street is for the old narrow guage trolley line that ran to Fort Niagara and Fort Niagara Beach (going north), and back to Niagara Falls (going south).
The Ice Bridge broke apart, with Mr. & Mrs. Eldridge Stanton stranded on a piece of Ice. Burrell Hecock attempted to rescue them but all 3 perished in the Lower Niagara River at the Whirlpool Rapids ;