Title

American Falls shut off (dewatered) June - November 1969

Description

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=98743

Medium

Photograph

Extent

7" x 5" Colour photograph

Provenance

Bruce Lundy

Is Part Of

Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections

locator

420491

Rights Holder

Niagara Falls Public Library

Subject

Niagara Falls - American Falls

Niagara Falls - Remedial Work

Maid of the Mist

Aerial Views

Spatial Coverage

Canada - Ontario

number

D420491

Format

Photograph

Date Created

2004-07-23

Date Modified

2005-02-04