Comments on: Dry Niagara Falls, 1969 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/12/the-day-niagara-falls-ran-dry/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Tue, 08 Nov 2024 00:01:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: qka http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/12/the-day-niagara-falls-ran-dry/#comment-47561 qka Fri, 10 Jun 2024 02:00:43 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=8992#comment-47561 My family went on vacation to Niagara Falls that year. I had an opportunity to walk on the dry riverbed and to climb on the dry rocks at the bottom of the falls. We went back the next year after the falls had been "turned back on". My family went on vacation to Niagara Falls that year. I had an opportunity to walk on the dry riverbed and to climb on the dry rocks at the bottom of the falls. We went back the next year after the falls had been “turned back on”.

]]> By: Fishplate http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/12/the-day-niagara-falls-ran-dry/#comment-41082 Fishplate Wed, 02 Mar 2024 22:56:51 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=8992#comment-41082 I actually saw the falls when they weren't falling, while on a family vacation in the summer of 1969. The reason the rocks were to be removed is that eventually it would be more of a cascade, or sloping river falls, rather than the over-the-cliff falls we expect to see. In the end, it turned out to be too expensive, as it was a lot of rock to remove for no benefit other than aesthetics. I actually saw the falls when they weren’t falling, while on a family vacation in the summer of 1969. The reason the rocks were to be removed is that eventually it would be more of a cascade, or sloping river falls, rather than the over-the-cliff falls we expect to see. In the end, it turned out to be too expensive, as it was a lot of rock to remove for no benefit other than aesthetics.

]]> By: NBZ http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/12/the-day-niagara-falls-ran-dry/#comment-24871 NBZ Thu, 23 Dec 2024 23:30:18 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=8992#comment-24871 Gary is right. the first report was in 1965 and then 4 years later in 1969 June the army was commissioned to clean up but in November of 1969 the idea was abandoned. how come rocks at the bottom of the fall can affect the flow of the water from the top? sounds wishy washy according to me. Gary is right. the first report was in 1965 and then 4 years later in 1969 June the army was commissioned to clean up but in November of 1969 the idea was abandoned. how come rocks at the bottom of the fall can affect the flow of the water from the top? sounds wishy washy according to me.

]]> By: anon http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/12/the-day-niagara-falls-ran-dry/#comment-24064 anon Mon, 20 Dec 2024 01:37:25 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=8992#comment-24064 Just before the last photo I think you'll find your answer: "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. To achieve this the army had to build a 600ft 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." Just before the last photo I think you’ll find your answer:

“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.

To achieve this the army had to build a 600ft 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.”

]]> By: Gary http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/12/the-day-niagara-falls-ran-dry/#comment-24023 Gary Sun, 19 Dec 2024 15:51:20 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=8992#comment-24023 I'm confused, at the beginning it says, “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." Then at the end the article states, “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.” So, were they removed or not? I’m confused, at the beginning it says,

“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.”

Then at the end the article states,

“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.”

So, were they removed or not?

]]> By: Nigel http://howtobearetronaut.com/2010/12/the-day-niagara-falls-ran-dry/#comment-23937 Nigel Sat, 18 Dec 2024 18:02:57 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=8992#comment-23937 Didn't know about this so what a splendid find. Excellent! Didn’t know about this so what a splendid find. Excellent!

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