Title

Aerial View of The Niagara Glen

Description

en-CA The Niagara Glen from the air taken in the late 1950's or early 1960's before the Robert Moses Power Plant drew water for electric power generation. Cripps Eddy, at the bottom left, still has water/ The narrowness of the gorge and the glen rapids are clearly shown. Devil's hole, the dark indentation just to the right of the Y in the road on the American side is visible, and the Devil's Hole rapids in the river to the right of the Devil's Hole. The Ontario Hydro access road, the white slash across the top right of the picture was built in early 1950 to provide access to the construction site for the Sir Adam Beck Generating Station Number 2.

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=386921

Creator

New York State Power Authority

Type

Still Image

Is Part Of

Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections

Extent

8" by 10"

Medium

Black & white photograph

Provenance

Schoellkopf Geological Museum

Date

c1960s

Subject

Aerial Views

Niagara Glen

Niagara Gorge

Spatial Coverage

Canada - Ontario - Niagara Falls

Source

Niagara Falls (Ont.) Public Library

number

D504946

Format

Black and white photograph

Date Created

2013-04-17

Date Modified

2013-04-17