This book portrays Niagara Falls as it once was between the mid-1800s to the late 1960s. Once a small tourist town, a great industrial city was built based upon the very thing that first attracted visitors; the Falls became a revolutionary source of hydroelectricity. After World War II, however, the city's industries gradually declined and, one by one, relocated to other parts of the United States. The late 1950s and 1960s show a paradoxical time for the city. An immense new power station was constructed immediately north of the city, while urban renewal methodically destroyed the city's beloved, albeit by then grossly neglected, Falls Street business district, leaving behind a confused patchwork of vacant lots.
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In Niagara Falls Volume II, local author and historian Daniel Martin Dumych illustrates the Niagara Falls of an age gone by, when the Love Canal still flowed with pure and pristine waters. He captures the Niagara Falls of yesterday and today in over two hundred images accompanied by a charming text that promises to delight readers young and old alike.
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Niagara Falls -- Volume II,
By Dawn Callahan (North Tonawanda, New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: NIAGARA FALLS VOLUME II (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) (Paperback)
Niagara Falls, New York is an exceptional place - not only blessed with one of the seven wonders of the natural world, but also with a rich and very colorful history dating back to the 1500s when the French explorers first arrived and much, much further where the Native American tribes are concerned. Daniel M. Dumych has brilliantly captured the late Victorian Era when the Falls were exploited for their money-making potential and raw power. He reverently shows how the first power project (Schoellkopf Station) was built and eventually destroyed by the collapse of the wall of the Niagara Gorge; the bustle and entertainment of Falls Street during the first half of the 20th Century; the awe as the current Niagara Power Project was constructed. This is a thoroughly enjoyable book for anyone who has grown up in Niagara Falls as I have, or for anyone who has ever visited the majesty of the cataract. Or for anyone who just loves history.
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William Austin's Millinery and Tailoring Establishment on Falls Street. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Niagara Falls, Falls Street, New York Central, Goat Island, Manufacturing Company, Schoellkopf Station, Niagara River, Prospect Park, Great Gorge Route, Hydraulic Canal, Main Street, Buffalo Avenue, Niagara Power Project, High Bank, High Rank, Adams Station, Niagara Reservation, Bath Island, Pittsburgh Reduction Company, Robert Moses Parkway, Terrapin Point, Acker Process Company, Edward Dean Adams, Prospect Point, Third Street New!
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William Austin's Millinery and Tailoring Establishment on Falls Street. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Niagara Falls, Falls Street, New York Central, Goat Island, Manufacturing Company, Schoellkopf Station, Niagara River, Prospect Park, Great Gorge Route, Hydraulic Canal, Main Street, Buffalo Avenue, Niagara Power Project, High Bank, High Rank, Adams Station, Niagara Reservation, Bath Island, Pittsburgh Reduction Company, Robert Moses Parkway, Terrapin Point, Acker Process Company, Edward Dean Adams, Prospect Point, Third Street New!
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- Niagara Falls (Images of America) by Daniel M. Dumych on page 9
- Diary in America Volume I by Frederick Marryat on page 39
- Diary in America (Large Print) by Frederick Marryat on page 39
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