Niagara Falls Without The Water


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.
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
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
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
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 
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.
Plan: The                                                            U.S. Army Corp                                                            of Engineers                                                            studied the                                                            riverbed and                                                            mechanically                                                            bolted and                                     

                       strengthened a                                                            number of                                                            faults to                                                            delay the                                         
                   gradual                                                                  erosion of the                                                            American
Plan: The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers studied the riverbed and mechanically bolted and strengthened a number of faults to delay the gradual erosion of the American Falls
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
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 
Russ Glasson recently stumbled across the pictures, which were taken by his in-laws, and had been left in an old shoebox in their garage for over four decades. Mr. Glasson said: 'My in-laws took these pictures during the six months through June to November that the Army was working to improve the health of the American Falls .' Two rockslides from the plate of the falls in 1931 and 1954 had caused a large amount of rock to be collected at the base. In 1965, reporters at local newspaper Niagara Falls Gazette revealed that the America Falls would eventually cease to flow and stop altogether if the rocks were not removed. Four years later, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers were charged with de-watering the falls to clean the river bed and to remove any loose rock at the bottom of the falls.
Gradual                                                            deterioration:                                                            Two rockslides                                                            from the plate                                                            of the falls                                                            in 1931 and                                                            1954 had                                     

                       caused a large                                                            amount of rock                                                            to be                                                            collected at                                     
                       the base
Gradual deterioration: Two rockslides from the plate of the falls in 1931 and 1954 had caused a large amount of rock to be collected at the base
Eerie                                                            calm: The                                                            temporary dam                                                            can be seen in                                                            the top-right                                                            of this                                                            photograph
Eerie calm: The temporary dam can be seen in the top-right of this photograph 
Thunderous:                                                            The American                                                            Falls as they                                                            normally                                                            appear, with                                                            millions of                                                            gallons of                                        

                    water hurtling                                                            over the edge                                                            every minute
Thunderous: The American Falls as they normally appear, with millions of gallons of water hurtling over the edge every minute 
To achieve this the army had to build a 600 ft dam across the Niagara River, which meant that 60,000 gallons of water that flowed ever second was diverted over the larger Horseshoe Falls which flow entirely on the Canadian side of the border. The dam itself consisted of 27,800 tons of rock, and on June 12, 1969, after flowing continuously for over 12,000 years, the American Falls stopped. Over the course of the next six months thousands of visitors flocked to the falls to witness the historic occasion. Once the engineers had removed the collected rocks from the falls base and made geological testing to make safe the rest, the falls were re-watered on November 25 in front of 2,650 onlookers.
Tourist                                                            hotspot: The                                                            Maid Of The                                                            Mist cruise                                                            boat journeys                                                            near to the                                                            Canadian                                            

                Falls. The                                                            American Falls                                                            can be seen in                                                            the distance                                       
                     on the left
Tourist hotspot: The Maid Of The Mist cruise boat journeys near to the Canadian Falls . The American Falls can be seen in the distance on the left

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