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Dennis Donovan

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10. The upriver side was eroded by the force of the water

Reply to John1956PA (Reply #9)

Tue Nov 5, 2019, 10:13 AM

Nov 2019

IIRC, it looked pretty much the same (half-gone) when I first visited Niagara Falls in July, 1974 (I remember the month and year because it was in Niagara Falls that I first heard that Mama Cass Elliot passed away).

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A boat got stranded in the rapids above Niagara Falls in 1918. Last week, it finally broke free. [View all] BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 OP

ON EDIT: The scow has always been visible regardless of the river's water level. John1956PA Nov 2019 #1

Okay but then BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #2

I agree. This historic relic should have been common knowledge all along. John1956PA Nov 2019 #3

Plus every year they show the falls and parts of that river "frozen over" BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #5

The scow wreck has always been visible, but there's a second wreck that's not always visible Dennis Donovan Nov 2019 #8

Thanks for correcting my mistake. The scow had indeed been visible regardless of the river level. John1956PA Nov 2019 #9

The upriver side was eroded by the force of the water Dennis Donovan Nov 2019 #10

I was going through my pics and I think I found it in one BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #11

Great Picture! Thanks for posting. John1956PA Nov 2019 #13

I have some pics from the Skylon Tower overlooking the falls BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #14

I took a pic of it in Late Nov of last year while on the CA side alittlelark Nov 2019 #4

Cool. I'm just curious where it was in relation to the falls before it relocated itself! BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #6

Found what I think is a pic of it after going through some of my photos BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #12

WaPo had a video clip history and Weather.com had the tweet with that video from Niagara Parks BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #7