In the mid 1970s the Kiwanis Club of Stamford donated money to the Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation for the purpose of purchasing historic photographs of Niagara Falls. Items in this collection are a result of that project.
Courtesy the Earl Brydges Public Library, Niagara Falls, NY ; The Incline Railway was built by General Parkhurst Whitney. It was completed and began service in 1844 ;