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Resize image: [+]  [-]    Title  American Falls shut off (dewatered) June - November 1969 Creator  Dumele, Michael Medium  Photograph Extent  8.5" x 7.75" colour photograph Notes  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 Provenance  In the private collection of the photographer Date  November, 1969. Collection  Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections Old Call Number  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 Place Name  Niagara Falls (waterfall)   Niagara Falls (waterfall)   Niagara (river)   Prospect Point (cape) Record ID  90264 Digital image  Format image/jpeg Size  750px X 755px Resolution  150ppi X 150ppi Digitization Colour Scan Equipment Microtek ScanMaker i900 Date 2005-02-04 Physical items  Filing No.   Format        D11118  Photograph

 

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