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I hope I can make it there in the next 10,000 years!!
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And if you can't, don't worry, there will be a stunning version of it in the holographic centre of Disney World, along with glaciers etc.
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Here is a site showing projects for the Niagara area, directly from the power company. There are a number of projects planned to upgrade dams (and this kind of maintenance has been ongoing).
http://www.nypa.gov/facilities/niagara.htm
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Face off in the mountains
Hey, it could happen to Niagra Falls.
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wny_pat
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grant135b wrote:There has been a dam only a mile upstream from the falls since 1953. There is no dam upstream from the falls. There is no dam below the falls except those which seperate the power authority reservoir from the river. A ice boom is put in the river every year to prevent ice from going into the power authority's intakes and doing damage. You can use yahoo or google satellites to confirm this.
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grant135b
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wny_pat wrote:grant135b wrote:There has been a dam only a mile upstream from the falls since 1953. There is no dam upstream from the falls. There is no dam below the falls except those which seperate the power authority reservoir from the river. A ice boom is put in the river every year to prevent ice from going into the power authority's intakes and doing damage. You can use yahoo or google satellites to confirm this.
Wrong.
International Control Dam
And yes, you can see it on Google Earth.
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wny_pat
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grant135b wrote:wny_pat wrote:grant135b wrote:There has been a dam only a mile upstream from the falls since 1953. There is no dam upstream from the falls. There is no dam below the falls except those which seperate the power authority reservoir from the river. A ice boom is put in the river every year to prevent ice from going into the power authority's intakes and doing damage. You can use yahoo or google satellites to confirm this.
Wrong.
International Control Dam
And yes, you can see it on Google Earth. You may call that a dam, and they may call that a dam, but most of us do not call that a dam. The vast majority of people think of a dam as going all the way across the watercourse. That, may be technically called a dam, but most of us would not consider it a dam.
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wny_pat
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Thanks Grant! I have been up to the Niagara River many many times and never seen the "International Control Dam". It is not exactly a well known landmark. But living only 60 miles from there I also know people who have never been there. Now when you say dam, my 60+ year old mind thinks Hoover or Kinzua, both of which completely cross the watercourse. And I would guess that any solid pier that channels water into a small area seperate from the larger body of water could be called a dam, mainly because I am at a loss for words for anything else to call it except a dike maybe. I'm glad we can laugh together about this, because it is what makes the world go round. Oh, those engineers, lets not go there. I can show you a flood control dike that was built to the high water level, but they made the channel narrower and forgot about the water they were displacing. That water had to be pumped back into the channel once the water in the channel goes down. Good engineering by the Corp of Engineers.
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For what it's worth, I was there last week. IMPRESSIVE!!!!!> But the wife lamented that the whirlpool that she saw 15 years ago was "almost gone", as we rode the cable car over it. Will it be different 5 years from now??? Possibly. It might be different next year.
Spent a week up there and REALLY enjoyed it. Stayed at Jellystone off 403 and McCloud.
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