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... gorge which is six miles long and extends to the escarpment . Within the gorge it is narrow and con- tained by steep walls . Near the head of the gorge the water is deep , the current moderate , and the descent small , but farther on ...
... gorge which is six miles long and extends to the escarpment . Within the gorge it is narrow and con- tained by steep walls . Near the head of the gorge the water is deep , the current moderate , and the descent small , but farther on ...
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... gorge from Lewiston to the falls was made by the falls , and his discussion of the subject shows him to have been a close observer and clear thinker . Volney two years later re- peats the general statement of observed recession , and ...
... gorge from Lewiston to the falls was made by the falls , and his discussion of the subject shows him to have been a close observer and clear thinker . Volney two years later re- peats the general statement of observed recession , and ...
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... gorge . By some of the earlier writers the age of the gorge was obscurely connected with the age of the world as estimated from Biblical data ; by others it was recognized as a small fraction of geologic time . With the progress of ...
... gorge . By some of the earlier writers the age of the gorge was obscurely connected with the age of the world as estimated from Biblical data ; by others it was recognized as a small fraction of geologic time . With the progress of ...
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... gorge is outside the scope of the present paper , and the sub- ject is here mentioned only to show the basis of the ... gorges , the Cataract of Niagara is justly regarded as holding the first rank , and as standing an index in the path ...
... gorge is outside the scope of the present paper , and the sub- ject is here mentioned only to show the basis of the ... gorges , the Cataract of Niagara is justly regarded as holding the first rank , and as standing an index in the path ...
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... gorge . From its edges the walls of the gorge run northeastward approximately parallel . The American Fall is at the side of the gorge , 2,500 feet from its head , and is separated from the Horseshoe Fall by Goat Island . A few hundred ...
... gorge . From its edges the walls of the gorge run northeastward approximately parallel . The American Fall is at the side of the gorge , 2,500 feet from its head , and is separated from the Horseshoe Fall by Goat Island . A few hundred ...
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Abstract Administration Building American Fall Amount April Bell Telephone Buffalo Canada Canadian side Cataract Cave Chapter 810 Charles Commissioners Comptroller on account construction crest line cubic feet Date diversion of water Edward H Elderfield-Hartshorn Hardware electric electrical horsepower elevator employees and supplies ended September 30 Engineer Falls Hydraulic Power fiscal year ended Goat Island gorge Green Island Horseshoe Fall Humbert Inclined Railway July June KINGSFORD Laws Legislature Luna Island March Niagara Falls Power Niagara Falls Transfer Niagara river Pay-roll Payment penses Perry plies ployees Power & Manufacturing President Prospect Park Prospect Point Public Comfort Station rate of recession Receipts for month repairs to bridges Reservation at Niagara Riverway road Secretary September 30 services and expenses shaft and tunnel Superintendent survey talus Terrapin Point Three Sister Islands tion Treasurer treaty United Voucher wages of em wages of employees Wicker Lumber William Young York