31 The milling district

The milling district

In this view is presented a few of the waterfalls not made by Nature, but created by the hand of man. Any one of these ribbon-like streaks of foam on the face of the rocky cliff anywhere else in the country would attract attention. Thev are dwarfed now by the majesty of the greater Falls. These streams are the result of drainine the waters of Niagara River into gigantic sluice-ways and tunnels which drive immense masses of machinery to generate electricity and supply heat and power to the industries upon the upper crest of the Gorge.
Dieses Kapitel ist Teil des Buches Niagara - in Summer and Winter