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priscilla 1Niagara Falls Running Dry
February 9th 2011 01:45
As reported on the Daily Mail, in June 1969, U.S. engineers diverted the flow of the Niagara River away from the American side of the falls for several months.
Below are some stark images of the icon without its world famous water flow.
Read more: Really Long Link
Below are some stark images of the icon without its world famous water flow.
Read more: Really Long Link
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.
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.
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
The temporary dam can be seen in the top-right of this photograph
The American Falls as they normally appear, with millions of gallons of water hurtling over the edge every minute
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