Title

American Falls shut off (dewatered) June - November 1969

Description

TURNED OFF DEWATERED DRY

en-CA From June to November 1969 the American Falls were dewatered. This action cut back the normal flow of 60,000 gallons a second to almost nothing. Most of the diverted water was either sent over the Horseshoe Falls or diverted to the Robert Moses generating plant's upriver intakes. The action enabled Canadian and US power companies and the US Army Corps of Engineers to do on-the-spot inspections and aerial photographs of the river bed's rock formation. This was all part of a plan to reduce erosion to the Falls

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=90264

Creator

Dumele, Michael

Medium

Photograph

Extent

8.5" x 7.75" colour photograph

Provenance

In the private collection of the photographer

Date

196911

Is Part Of

Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections

locator

11118

Rights Holder

Michael Dumele

Rights

Michael Dumele

Subject

Niagara Falls - American Falls

Niagara Falls - Remedial Work

Maid of the Mist

Towers - Prospect Point Observation Tower - American Falls

Spatial Coverage

Canada - Ontario

United States - New York - Niagara Falls

number

D11118

Format

Photograph

Date Created

2003-02-21

Date Modified

2005-05-24