BobHunt
28th May 2006, 12:12 PM (12:12)
If you were to travel across the USA, I suppose there would be many sites that would be way more awe inspiring than this one. So please bear with me, because I havent traveled as extensively as you have.
Let me give you some facts. The volume of water that goes over the Falls is 150,000 US Gallons per second. The length of the brink is 1060 feet, and the height is 176 feet. The actual fall of the water due to rocks at the base is only 70 feet. Niagra Falls is the second largest falls, the first being Victoria Falls in southern Africa. I wonder if Dave saw these, if he did they must have been absolutely marvelous.
The water never stops flowing. However, the flow stopped in 1848 because of an ice jam upriver. People actually walked out into the river bed and collected artifacts. I wonder what they found?
During some winters, if they are cold long enough an ice bridge forms, beginning upriver and until 1912 people were allowed to walk out on this ice bridge to view the falls below.
The movies Superman and Niagra were filmed here. The first person to go over the falls was a 63 yr old female schoolteacher---she survived! High tightrope acts used to be performed across the river. One fellow named Blondin actually carried his manager on his back across Niagra, stopping midway to rest!
We have been there a few times, it is a popular honeymoon vacation spot, and also sports a boardwalk and a fun park for kids.
Let me give you some facts. The volume of water that goes over the Falls is 150,000 US Gallons per second. The length of the brink is 1060 feet, and the height is 176 feet. The actual fall of the water due to rocks at the base is only 70 feet. Niagra Falls is the second largest falls, the first being Victoria Falls in southern Africa. I wonder if Dave saw these, if he did they must have been absolutely marvelous.
The water never stops flowing. However, the flow stopped in 1848 because of an ice jam upriver. People actually walked out into the river bed and collected artifacts. I wonder what they found?
During some winters, if they are cold long enough an ice bridge forms, beginning upriver and until 1912 people were allowed to walk out on this ice bridge to view the falls below.
The movies Superman and Niagra were filmed here. The first person to go over the falls was a 63 yr old female schoolteacher---she survived! High tightrope acts used to be performed across the river. One fellow named Blondin actually carried his manager on his back across Niagra, stopping midway to rest!
We have been there a few times, it is a popular honeymoon vacation spot, and also sports a boardwalk and a fun park for kids.