Rand, McNally and Co.'s illustrated guide to Niagra Falls; with maps and diagrams (1885) (14780651721)

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Title: Rand, McNally & Co.'s illustrated guide to Niagra Falls ; with maps and diagrams
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Rand McNally and Company
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Publisher: Chicago : Rand, McNally & Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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appears topour from the sky, is illustrated on page 46. After leaving the Biddle Stairs, follow the path along the bankand you soon reach the spot where a huge slice of the land hasfallen. One slide occurred in 1843, and another in 1847. Within20 years, more than 20 feet in width and 400 feet in length havegone down. Proceed a little farther, and you stand above and infull view of the Canadian Fall. Go down the hill and out to theTerrapin Rocks ; it may be tiresome, but it will amply repay you. This Bridge is subject to the action of the spray ; care shouldbe taken in crossing it. In the winter of 1852, a gentlemanfrom West Troy, N. Y., while crossing to the tower, fell intothe current, and was carried to the verge of the Fall, where helodged between two rocks. He was discovered by two citizens,who rescued him by throwing out lines, which he fastenedaround his body just in time, and was hauled in almost senseless.He remained speechless for several hours after being taken to hishotel.
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Biddle Staircase, Goat Island 40 NIAGARA FALLS. 41 As you stand inside the iron rail and overlook the vast gulfbelow, you are in the very centre of Niagara. The old Terrapin Tower, also called Horseshoe or ProspectTower, which stood on these rocks, was built in 1833, of stonesgathered in the vicinity. It was a round tower 43 feet high, 12feet in diameter at the base, and 8 feet at the top, with a gallerynear the upper end—a rugged structure, in perfect harmony withits surroundings. It was blown up by the wish of a majority ofthe owners of the Goat Island Group, in 1873, some pretendingto believe it unsafe. Its destruction was entirety unnecessaiy,and took away a charming feature of Niagara, which it is hopedmay soon be replaced. Table Rock, which fell in 1850, wasdirectly opposite, on the Canadian shore. From this point one gets the best view of the shape of the Fall,and the clearest idea of how it has been modified by the action ofthe water. This action has been especially violent