Photos of Niagra Falls run dry (seriously...from 1969)

barman · Dec 22, 2010

Pretty cool here

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...moment-iconic-waterfall-came-standstilll.html

The day Niagara Falls ran dry: Newly-discovered photos show the moment the iconic waterfall came to a standstill

It's taken 41 years, but a previously unseen set of photos of the mighty Niagara Falls reduced to nothing more than a barren cliff-top have finally surfaced.

The stark images reveal North America's iconic - and most powerful - waterfall to be almost as dry as a desert.

In June 1969, U.S. engineers diverted the flow of the Niagara River away from the American side of the falls for several months.

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(Bar: Will post photos.....may be pretty large)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...waterfall-came-standstilll.html#ixzz18tSF1Edq

barman · Dec 22, 2010

Stark: A completely dry Niagara Falls has never been seen before or since the six months in July 1969 when U.S. engineers set about restructuring the American side of the twin landmark

barman · Dec 22, 2010

Mountain of rubble: This set of photos only recently came to light when Russ Glasson found them in a shoebox in his in-laws' Connecticut garage

barman · Dec 22, 2010

More from the coverage:

Their plan was to remove the large amount of loose rock from the base of the waterfall, an idea which they eventually abandoned due to expense in November of that year.

During the interim, they studied the riverbed and mechanically bolted and strengthened a number of faults to delay the gradual erosion of the American Falls.

The team, made up of U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, blew up their temporary dam in November 1969 and six million cubic feet of water once again thundered over the falls' sides every minute.

Now, after lying unseen for more than four decades, a set of images showing the eerie calm at the American Falls that year have been unearthed by a man from Connecticut.

Fishhead · Dec 22, 2010

Ok

Thanks

barman · Dec 22, 2010

Historical moment: In order to stop the Niagara River running over the American Falls, engineers constructed a dam consisting of 27,800 tons of rock, stopping the water for the first time in 12,000 years

barman · Dec 22, 2010

Fishhead said:
Ok

Thanks

This might be my greatest Thread since posting pics of the Giant Butter Cow from that Iowa State Fair

barman · Dec 22, 2010

The normal appearance of Niagra Falls today:

Fishhead · Dec 22, 2010

barman said:
This might be my greatest Thread since posting pics of the Giant Butter Cow from that Iowa State Fair

Perhaps, but not likely.

Like the effort here though......

celticGreen+ · Dec 22, 2010

pretty neat

Fishhead · Dec 22, 2010

This makes going over the falls in a beer barrell appear easier....

trytrytry · Dec 22, 2010

http://www.niagarafrontier.com/dewater.html

Rickey-B-Rickey · Dec 22, 2010

Some X-Files shit. Wonder what they were really looking for in the river bed.

Fishhead · Dec 22, 2010

Rickey-B-Rickey said:
Some X-Files shit. Wonder what they were really looking for in the river bed.

An NFL team.............

Rickey-B-Rickey · Dec 22, 2010

LOL. From a guy marrying a "Billsfan"

JohnnyMac · Dec 22, 2010

They should've removed the rock.

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