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• American and Horseshoe Falls at Niagara
• Crest of Horseshoe (Canadian ) Falls, southeast from Table Rock
• American and Horseshoe Falls at Niagara
• American Falls - Suspension bridge in background
• Crest line of the Horseshoe Falls after a rock slide - seen from Prospect Point

  Loretto Convent in far background centre ;
• American Falls - Maid of the Mist in foreground
• Queen Victoria Park - Horseshoe Falls and the Niagara Parkway in background

  Dominion Grocers food truck parked at rear of building ;
• Bridge to Cedar Island and the Horseshoe Falls
• Brink of the Horseshoe Falls from Table Rock
• Brink of the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara looking toward the American shore line
• Crest of the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara
• Crest of the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara
• Niagara Horseshoe Falls from near Table Rock

  From a stereograph ; negative TR-30
• Brink of the Horseshoe Falls
• Lower Niagara River near the Whirlpool Rapids
• American Falls
• Ice conditions American Falls from Luna Island
• Aerial View of Niagara Falls

  Niagara River flowing from left to right ; International Hydro Control Dam (left center) ; Horseshoe and American Falls (centre) ; Rainbow Bridge (right) ; Niagara Falls Ontario (top of picture) ; Niagara Falls New York (bottom)
• Niagara Falls by Electric Light

  Photograph contained in book Picturesque Canada : the country as it was and is by George Monro Grant published by Belden Bros 1882 ;
• Niagara Whirlpool and Rapids
• Niagara Whirlpool Rapids with Lower Steel Arch Bridge in background
• Lower Niagara River and Gorge near the Whirlpool Rapids
• Lower Niagara River and Gorge near the Whirlpool Rapids
• Whirlpool Rapids with Railway Suspension Bridge and Cantilever Bridge in background
• Ice in the lower Niagara River and the Gorge
• Whirlpool Rapids and the Lower Niagara River
• Whirlpool Rapids, Lower Niagara River, Thompson's Point (left)
• Whirlpool Rapid Niagara Falls

  Contained in the book "Picturesque Canada : the country as it was and is" by George Munro Grant published by Belden Bros, 1882 ;
• Ravine near the Whirlpool [Rapids]

  Note mill and water wheel in background ;
• The American and Horseshoe Falls - Ferry landing and waiting carriages in foreground on the Canadian side
• Whirlpool Rapids and the lower Niagara River running through the Gorge
• Horseshoe Falls and the Canadian Niagara Power tailrace
• Niagara Falls from the Table Rock
• Along the banks of the Niagara Gorge
• Niagara Gorge and the lower Niagara River
• Horseshoe Falls
• The Green Cascade - Upper Niagara River and the brink of the Horseshoe Falls

  Queen Victoria Park and the Niagara Parkway in foreground
• Observation Platform at Table Rock Scenic Tunnels, by the Horseshoe Falls
• Parade going by the Clifton House Hotel - Aid the Hospital tent (right)
• Table Rock Niagara Falls - collapsed stairway centre right
• Table Rock House, residence of S [Saul] Davis - view free of charge
• Clifton House [Hotel] about 1850, before Upper Bridge was built
• Table Rock and the brink of the Horseshoe Falls

  In background Mills built on the bank of the Upper Niagara River ;
• View from Table Rock of the Front and the Clifton House Hotel Niagara

  Ontario Archives Acc 4038
• Table Rock House the residence of Saul Davis - in need of repair
• Houses behind Thomas Barnett's Museum
• Brink of the Horseshoe Falls with the old Table Rock House in foreground and Streets Mills in background
• Observation Platform at Table Rock Scenic Tunnels, by the Horseshoe Falls
• The brink of the Horseshoe

  From a stereograph
• A sketch of Table Rock of doubtful accuracy

  The picture shows both Table Rock and the Table Rock House ; available records seem to show that Table Rock fell in 1850, and that Table Rock House was built about 1854 ;
• The fall of Table Rock
• Prospect Point and The American and Horseshoe Falls
• View of the American Falls in Winter
• The Niagara Gorge in winter -Rainbow Bridge and Carillon Tower in background
• Bridge connecting Dufferin Islands with Clark Hill Islands & Burning Spring
• Biddle Stairway beneath Table Rock Niagara Falls

  From a stereograph
• Entrance and parking garage for the Whirlpool Rapids elevator on River Road
• Plan of the Whirlpool Rapids elevator

  Elevator was built in the 1930s
• The boardwalk along the Niagara River near the Whirlpool Rapids
• Along the board walk in the lower Niagara Gorge near the Whirlpool rapids

  The library does not have permission to display this image ; it may be viewed in person at the Victoria Avenue location ;
• Niagara Falls illumination projectors in front of the spillway
• Water tower built and ready to be toppled into the Niagara River to form a weir
• Water tower in place in the Niagara River forming a weir

  5" x 5"
• Bridges connecting Dufferin Islands with Clark Hill Islands & Burning Spring
• Water tower being toppled into the Niagara River to create a weir
• Ice bridge below the Falls

  American Falls (left) ; Horseshoe Falls (background right) ;
• Effects of ice jam on the Great Gorge Railway
• Ice Bridge in the Niagara River

  In background from left to right: Kodak/Fuji Tower, General Brock Hotel, Carillion Tower, Rainbow Bridge, Prospect Point Observation Tower (right) ;
• Ice conditions on the lower Niagara River as seen from Queenston Heights
• The ice bridge below the American falls
• Mounds of ice, part of the ice bridge below Terrapin Point
• Historical plaque at Fort George Niagara-on-the-Lake
• Ice bridge in the Niagara River below the Horseshoe Falls
• Frozen lower Niagara River and the Whirlpool Rapids
• Frozen lower Niagara River below the Whirlpool Rapids
• American Falls in winter - view from the Canadian side
• Winter at Niagara Falls - first Falls View Suspension Bridge in background

  Note the complete lack of buildings or houses on the river front north of the bridge ;
• Ice on the bridge - Goat Island to Prospect Point Niagara Falls NY
• American Falls completely frozen over
• American Falls completely frozen over
• The American Falls Frozen

  Date is possibly 1936 ;
• Ice bridge from the Canadian side - Niagara Falls in Winter

  Incline railway (left) ; American Falls (left) ; Horseshoe Falls (background) ; refreshment shanties (bottom right) ;
• The American Falls Frozen
• The American Falls Frozen - Prospect Point Observation Tower (left)
• View of the American Falls in Winter

  Date is possibly 1936 ;
• Refreshment shanties on the Ice Bridge in front of the American Falls

  Incline Railway to the left ;
• The ice bridge from Prospect Park, Upper Steel Arch Bridge centre

  Exact date is unknown but must be before 1912 as people were not allowed on the ice after that date ;
• Ontario Power Generating Station - Ice conditions in front of station

  Horseshoe Falls in extreme background left ;
• Ice formation at Prospect Park, Niagara Falls, USA
• Frozen Niagara River and the American Falls viewed from the Ontario Power Generating Station

  Date is probably ca 1966
• Cave below Table Rock in Winter

  Image from a stereograph ;
• On the Ice Bridge in front of the American Falls - ferry landing stairway (left)
• Refreshment shanties on the Ice Bridge in front of the American Falls
• American Falls completely frozen over
• Ice mountain and Incline Railway below the American Falls
• Snow and ice in the Niagara River at the Ontario Power House
• Observation platform at the Scenic Tunnels Table Rock at the base of the Horseshoe Falls

  PLATFORM
• Old Table Rock House in process of being demolished

  PLATFORM
• Observation platform at the Scenic Tunnels Table Rock at the base of the Horseshoe Falls

  PLATFORM
• The Scenic Tunnels - Display of the Royal Crown Jewels