Niagara FallsThe photographs presented here contain views of the city of Niagara Falls and trace the community's roots in the villages of Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls, and LaSalle. The author has brought together over two hundred vintage images from the area's bustling and vibrant past, documenting life as it was in the 1860s to the mid-1960s. Many different faces of Niagara are depicted in this rare glimpse of the past. Residents and tourists alike will enjoy viewing the never-beforepublished images gracing the pages of this volume. Images of industry, tourism, the development of hydroelectric power, business districts, streets, homes, and even daredevils all appear in this excellent collection of images. Here we find the story of the Love Canal's origins in the 1890s, when this project's ultimate goal was to create an almost utopian city. Also included are several photographs of President William McKinley in Niagara Falls, only hours before his assassination. Other famous visitors mentioned include: Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Lord Kelvin, Abraham Lincoln, Nikola Tesla, the Prince of Wales, Mikhail Gorbachev, Thomas Edison, Princess Diana, George Westinghouse, and John F. Kennedy. |
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
The Great Gorge Route | 33 |
The Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company | 63 |
Industry | 79 |
People and Places | 95 |
Acknowledgments 128 | |
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Acheson alternating current American Falls Annie Edson Taylor Annie Taylor Arthur Schoellkopf barrel Blondin Buffalo Avenue built Canadian Cantilever Bridge Carborundum Cataract House Clifton Company's power station corner of Falls deck Echota electrical horsepower Erie Avenue Falls Hydraulic Power Falls Power Company Falls Street feet gorge wall graphite High Bank Horseshoe Falls Hydraulic Canal Hydraulic Power Company's International Hotel J.P. Morgan June located lower Niagara Maid Main Street Mathieson Mist Niagara Chocolate Niagara Falls Hydraulic Niagara Falls Power Niagara Gorge Niagara River Nikola Tesla Park penstock photograph was taken Pittsburgh Reduction Power Company's power Power-house Railway Suspension Bridge Riverway Roosevelt Schoellkopf Station rock Second Street September Shredded Wheat sightseers Spencer House Station rock slide Steel Arch Bridge streetcar Sugar Street Terrapin TESLA MAY 1888 Triscuit Trott turbines upper Niagara River Upper Steel Arch Upper Suspension Bridge Village of LaSalle visitors wheel pit Whirlpool Rapids William McKinley YMCA