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Ice blockade at the head of the Niagara river at Fort Erie has reduced the level of water at Niagara Falls to an all-time low. Directly above the Hors(...)
Ice blockade at the head of the Niagara river at Fort Erie has reduced the level of water at Niagara Falls to an all-time low. Directly above the Hors(...)

Ice blockade at the head of the Niagara river at Fort Erie has reduced the level of water at Niagara Falls to an all-time low. Directly above the Hors(...)

Date4/23/1947
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ice blockade at the head of the Niagara river at Fort Erie has reduced the level of water at Niagara Falls to an all-time low. Directly above the Horseshoe falls bare rock can be seen over a wide area Today more water is running over falls and officials say danger of ice damage is not great
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106942F
Winter's lovely, but has its drawbacks as revealed in this air view of Niagara Falls where the long ice bridge below the cataracts stretches from Hors(...)
Winter's lovely, but has its drawbacks as revealed in this air view of Niagara Falls where the long ice bridge below the cataracts stretches from Hors(...)
2/12/1947
King winter transforms Niagara Falls into F, Mighty Niagara has become the abode of the ice king and the roaring waters are now gigantic, glastening formations of ice
King winter transforms Niagara Falls into F, Mighty Niagara has become the abode of the ice king and the roaring waters are now gigantic, glastening formations of ice
2/1/1938
Niagara in the winter . . . A brilliant spectacle of nuted columns of ice that has attracted visitors from all over the world. Left, the Takkakaw Fall(...)
Niagara in the winter . . . A brilliant spectacle of nuted columns of ice that has attracted visitors from all over the world. Left, the Takkakaw Fall(...)
2/26/1938
Niagara builds its ice bridge, The ice bridge at the base of Niagara Falls, built up each year by ice flowing out of Lake Erie, averages five to ten f(...)
Niagara builds its ice bridge, The ice bridge at the base of Niagara Falls, built up each year by ice flowing out of Lake Erie, averages five to ten f(...)
1/28/1976
Standing on the brink of the Horseshoe Falls in Queen Victoria Park, Niagara Falls, this building was given an ice jacket during the recent cold snap
Standing on the brink of the Horseshoe Falls in Queen Victoria Park, Niagara Falls, this building was given an ice jacket during the recent cold snap
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New floes sweep over falls to add weight to jam squeezing 700-foot building, Ice blocks are pouring over the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara again to-day as rising winds blow down Lake Erie
New floes sweep over falls to add weight to jam squeezing 700-foot building, Ice blocks are pouring over the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara again to-day as rising winds blow down Lake Erie
1/29/1938
Ice Has Choked off the major part of the flow of the main falls but a small part of the Bridal Veil falls, foreground, was still flowing. Ice directly(...)
Ice Has Choked off the major part of the flow of the main falls but a small part of the Bridal Veil falls, foreground, was still flowing. Ice directly(...)
2/6/1947
Now forbidden territory for sightseers, this photograph of the ice mountains at Niagara Falls was taken about 1875 by George Barker, a well-known phot(...)
Now forbidden territory for sightseers, this photograph of the ice mountains at Niagara Falls was taken about 1875 by George Barker, a well-known phot(...)
2/8/1947
NIAGARA FALLS, Horseshoe Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, Horseshoe Falls
1860
NIAGARA FALLS, American Falls, looking northeast
NIAGARA FALLS, American Falls, looking northeast
1860
NIAGARA FALLS, west side of Horseshoe Falls,
NIAGARA FALLS, west side of Horseshoe Falls,
1860
Niagara Falls, looking north east to American Falls
Niagara Falls, looking north east to American Falls
1860?