both american and canadian i remember when the american side was shut down
2006-09-08 15:24:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
I don't remember when it froze in March, 1848 but I do remember that it was "turned off" in 1969 for several months.
2006-09-08 16:08:27 · answer #1 · answered by tichur 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For anyone interested in the falls, Pierre Berton wrote a detailed history of them.
On Easter Sunday in 1848 an ice jam upriver was able able to halt the cascading water for several hours. On March 29th 1848, papers reported that Niagara Falls ran dry. During a weather related occurrence, a south-west gale blowing off of Lake Erie caused ice to jam and dam up at the mouth of the Niagara River causing the water flow to be severely restricted. The water over the Horseshoe Falls and American Falls to be reduced to a trickle for approximately thirty (30) to forty (40) hours.
Here are a few interesting sites about the falls.
2006-09-09 00:16:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's nice, I go there almost everyday
If you're thinking artificially tho, it never has.
But this is the first i've heard of the ice jam
Cool, I'm glad I read this
there is however a "Half dam" built on the Canadian side, that only crosses about 1km, (sorry, I don't know the Empirical Equivalent).
This dam was built so that more water would flow over the American falls.
2006-09-08 23:45:09 · answer #3 · answered by merakesh_one 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was in 1848---I actually have a picture of it(all frozen over) with about 3-5 people standing (literally) out in the middle very close to the drop off.
2006-09-11 00:33:32 · answer #4 · answered by HistoryMom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In February of 1865 for about 30 hours when the froze over.
2006-09-08 22:31:18 · answer #5 · answered by Help me 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do I remember?!? Thanks, 'kid', but no, I wasn't there. When I visited a Niagara falls museum I recall there was a display about the ice dam that stopped the water flowing, but I can't recall the year. first I've heard of it being 'shut off', but wasn't there a plumber from Texas who claimed he could do it?
2006-09-09 00:12:32 · answer #6 · answered by Ford 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Just before midnight on March 29, 1848"
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2006-09-08 22:29:47 · answer #7 · answered by Teacher Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO. WAS IT FROZEN. I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE BUT GOING THIS MONTH.
2006-09-08 22:31:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow, thanks for the question....i never knew any of this stuff!!!! very interesting!
2006-09-09 13:03:08 · answer #9 · answered by peaceandlove™ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋