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Niagara Falls

Blakey, Joseph Adamson (1870-1937)

Picture, 1890

Canada - Ontario - Niagara Falls - Winter Scenes (- 1979)

[unknown]

Picture, 1912

Winter's lovely; but has its drawbacks as revealed in this air view of Niagara Falls where the long ice bridge below the cataracts stretches from Horseshoe Falls down-river for a quarter of a mile almost to the Rainbow bridge. Ice above the falls stopping flow of water is 50 feet thick in places and has cut Niagara Falls; N.Y.; electric power output in half

[unknown]

Picture, 1947

Young, George, house

Unknown

Picture, 1900

Standing on the brink of the Horseshoe Falls in Queen Victoria Park; Niagara Falls; this building was given an ice jacket during the recent cold snap.

Boyd, John

Picture, Date Unknown

Now forbidden territory for sightseers; this photograph of the ice mountains at Niagara Falls was taken about 1875 by George Barker; a well-known photographer of that period who won many medals for his landscapes. Bustles worn by women of that time can be seen. The picturesque ice formations at Niagara have long been an object of interest

[unknown]

Picture, 1947

King winter transforms Niagara Falls into F; Mighty Niagara has become the abode of the ice king and the roaring waters are now gigantic; glastening formations of ice.

[unknown]

Picture, 1938

Niagara Falls, looking north east to American Falls

unknown

Picture, 1860

Jack Frost in action! A fine winter scene at Niagara Falls; with the frozen spray making quaint castles and great weird formations in the foreground; while the ice groans and crunches beneath the photographer

Boyd, John

Picture, 1933

Ice blockade at the head of the Niagara river at Fort Erie has reduced the level of water at Niagara Falls to an all-time low. Directly above the Horseshoe falls bare rock can be seen over a wide area Today more water is running over falls and officials say danger of ice damage is not great

[unknown]

Picture, 1947