An amazing thing happened in 1969. Niagara Falls went completly dry.

[Stinky The Clown]

The river flow was cut off.



And then started again.



http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/day-Niagara-Falls-ran-dry/ss/events/us/121610dryniagara#photoViewer=/ydownload/20101216/photos_net_web_yn/1292537554

The idea behind stopping the falls was to determine if it would be feasible to remove the rubble at the base of the falls to enhance its beauty. (The falls are 170 feet high, but the 100 feet of rubble limits the fall to only 70 feet.) The decision was made to leave the rubble as it would have been too expensive to remove it.

[FLPanhandle]

1. I never heard about this.

I like the effect of the water on the rubble.

[Retrograde]

2. I'm surprised they just found the photos

I lived in Buffalo at the time, and remember going to the falls to see them turned off. It was a big deal in the area at the time.

[virgogal]

3. I remember when they did that. God,time flies.

[Speck Tater]

4. They should have taken advantage of the opportunity to clean up all those pieces of broken rock.

The place is just a mess. What will the neighbors think?

[Stinky The Clown]

6. Uh . . . . that's what they were planning.

[madinmaryland]

5. I saw that on the news last night. Pretty cool.