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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online -at <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a>. If you -are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the -country where you are located before using this eBook. -</div> - -<p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Title: The new book of Niagara</p> -<p style='display:block; margin-left:2em; text-indent:0; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:1em;'>Scenes in summer and winter</p> -<p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Author: Anonymous</p> -<p style='display:block; text-indent:0; margin:1em 0'>Release Date: July 31, 2022 [eBook #68656]</p> -<p style='display:block; text-indent:0; margin:1em 0'>Language: English</p> - <p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em; text-align:left'>Produced by: Juliet Sutherland, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net</p> -<div style='margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NEW BOOK OF NIAGARA ***</div> - -<div class="transnote"> -<p class="center larger">Transcriber’s Note</p> - -<p>Larger versions of the illustrations may be seen by right-clicking them -and selecting an option to view them separately, or by double-tapping and/or -stretching them. High-resolution versions of most illustrations may be -seen by clicking <i>High-Resolution</i> below them.</p> - -<p>This picture book has no Table of Contents.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chapter x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div id="coversmall" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/coversmall.jpg" width="1421" height="1082" alt="" /> - <p class="hires"><a href="images/cover.jpg" id="i_cover">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div> - -<hr class="chapter x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div id="i_002a" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_002a.png" width="1429" height="643" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"> - -<h1> -THE NEW BOOK OF<br /> -<span class="xxlarge">NIAGARA</span><br /> - -<i>Scenes in Summer and Winter</i></h1></div></div> - -<div class="figcenter floral"> - <img src="images/i_002b.png" width="73" height="59" alt="" /></div> - -<p class="p1 narrow">“<i>Niagara is an awful symbol of Infinite power—a version of Infinite -beauty—a shrine, a temple erected by the hand of the Almighty for all -the children of men.</i>”—<cite>Oration by Jas. C. Carter.</cite></p> - -<div class="figcenter floral"> - <img src="images/i_002c.png" width="73" height="59" alt="" /></div> - -<p class="p2 center smaller">BUFFALO, N. Y.<br /> -ROBERT ALLAN REID, <span class="smcap">Publisher</span>,<br /> -<span class="smcap">253–257 Ellicott Street</span>.</p> - -<p class="p1 center"><span class="bt">Copyrighted, 1901, by Robert Allan Reid. All rights reserved.</span> -</p> - -<div id="i_003" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_003.jpg" width="1231" height="941" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>GENERAL VIEW OF THE FALLS.</p> - -<p>Favorite positions for this view are Hennepin View in Prospect Park -and the New Steel Bridge. At the left is the American Fall with Luna -Island and Goat Island dividing it from the Horseshoe Fall. The Maid of -the Mist, near her landing, and the inclined railway are minor objects -of interest.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_003_large.jpg" id="i_03flow">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_004" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_004.jpg" width="1215" height="926" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>CANADIAN FALL, AND MAID OF THE MIST.</p> - -<p>A trip on the “Maid of the Mist” past the Falls is one of the most -fascinating of the experiences to be had at Niagara. The views of the -descending floods, the swirling water below and the rainbow through the -mist all lend enchantment to the trip.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_004_large.jpg" id="i_04low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_005" class="figcenter chapter portrait"> - <img src="images/i_005.jpg" width="925" height="1217" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>AMERICAN FALL FROM PROSPECT POINT.</p> - -<p>It is while standing at or near Prospect Point that the very large -majority of people who visit Niagara get their first view of the -wondrous cataract. At one wide sweep of vision Niagara is before you -and you see the water pour over the edge of the precipice, falling with -stupendous power on the rocks below.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_005_large.jpg" id="i_05low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_006" class="figcenter chapter portrait"> - <img src="images/i_006.jpg" width="933" height="1205" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>AMERICAN FALL FROM BELOW.</p> - -<p>Standing on the rocks at the foot of the Inclined Railway in -Prospect Park and looking at the down-pour of water over the American -Fall, a new impression of Niagara’s greatness comes over you, and you -marvel at the beauty of the mighty flood.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_006_large.jpg" id="i_06low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_007" class="figcenter chapter portrait"> - <img src="images/i_007.jpg" width="925" height="1211" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>THE FALLS BY MOONLIGHT.</p> - -<p>Under the light of the full moon of summer time, when Nature has -done her best to make the locality all about delightful, the mind is -made receptive of the moonlight softness, and the beauty of the scene -impresses all with its magnificence.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_007_large.jpg" id="i_07low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_008" class="figcenter chapter portrait"> - <img src="images/i_008.jpg" width="926" height="1210" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>PROSPECT POINT IN WINTER.</p> - -<p>In winter and summer alike Prospect Point is one of the main vantage -spots from which to view Niagara. Immediately below the Point the -mountain grows to an unlimited size as the spray freezes, and builds it -by night and by day. In the ice bridge season there is no better place -to view it than Prospect Point.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_008_large.jpg" id="i_08low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_009" class="figcenter chapter portrait"> - <img src="images/i_009.jpg" width="916" height="1206" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>TERRAPIN ROCK AND HORSESHOE FALL FROM GOAT ISLAND.</p> - -<p>The Horseshoe or Canadian Fall, as a single object, is regarded as -the sublimest thing in Nature. The Canadian Rapids have a fall of 55 -feet in three-quarters of a mile before reaching the Falls, while it -is estimated that the volume of water is ten times greater than that -passing over the American Fall.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_009_large.jpg" id="i_09low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_010" class="figcenter chapter portrait"> - <img src="images/i_010.jpg" width="921" height="1210" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>HORSESHOE FALL FROM BELOW.</p> - -<p>The height of the Horseshoe Fall is 165 feet and the stupendous -nature of the Fall is more impressive when the visitor stands at the -water’s edge in the gorge and looks upward at the flood descending in -such graceful lines.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_010_large.jpg" id="i_10low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_011" class="figcenter chapter portrait"> - <img src="images/i_011.jpg" width="925" height="1215" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>TERRAPIN POINT IN WINTER.</p> - -<p>The scene at Terrapin Point in winter is one of brilliancy and -splendor. The spray-cloud of the Horseshoe Fall is wafted to the -shores of Goat Island where King Winter’s breadth congeals it all to -a marble-like formation, and the snowy whiteness of the spectacle is -dazzling in the bright sunlight.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_011_large.jpg" id="i_11low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_012" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_012.jpg" width="1217" height="918" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>ICE MOUNTAIN AND ICE BRIDGE.</p> - -<p>The beauty of this scene varies yearly, for the wind and weather -have all to do with the magnitude of the formations. When the weather -is exceedingly cold the ice mountain, between the American Fall and the -Inclined Railway, attains a magnificent height. The ice also forms from -shore to shore, enabling people to pass at will to the Canadian side, -and forming what is popularly called the ice bridge.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_012_large.jpg" id="i_12low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_013" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_013.jpg" width="1220" height="911" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>OBSERVATION TOWER VIEW OF GOAT ISLAND AND RAPIDS.</p> - -<p>This view shows “the dividing of the waters” of Niagara River, -and in the immediate front the American Rapids are seen flowing -tumultuously onward towards the towering cataract. Far across beyond -Goat Island are the Canadian Rapids. The greater grandeurs and -immense boundaries of which are best seen from Victoria Park on the -Canadian side.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_013_large.jpg" id="i_13low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_014" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_014.jpg" width="1213" height="915" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>BRINK OF THE AMERICAN FALL.</p> - -<p>Probably there is no one sight which impresses itself more strongly -upon the great majority of beholders than this view of the brink of -the American Fall. Such mighty on-rushing torrents, so powerful, yet -so smoothly and alluringly moving on over the precipice, and so near -is the visitor to what seems an abyss of destruction that the scene is -never forgotten.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_014_large.jpg" id="i_14low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_015" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_015.jpg" width="1204" height="915" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>THE AMERICAN FALL FROM GOAT ISLAND.</p> - -<p>This view across American Fall is one never to be forgotten. Here -the brink of the Fall is seen in all its beauty, while far across -the Fall, Prospect Park, with its constant crowds, forms part of the -picture. A fine view of the Upper Steel Bridge is also here enjoyed.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_015_large.jpg" id="i_15low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_016" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_016.jpg" width="1210" height="915" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>HORSESHOE FALL BY SEARCHLIGHT.</p> - -<p>This photographic masterpiece, the crest of the Horseshoe Fall by -searchlight, taken from Falls View, is the only one of its kind ever -made. “The scene is entrancing as the searchlight kisses the water into -new beauty.”</p> - -<p><span class="larger1">ON THE BRIDGE AT MIDNIGHT.</span> This is -a night scene, the Upper Steel Bridge, made possible by the recent -advancement in photography.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_016_large.jpg" id="i_16low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_017" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_017.jpg" width="1210" height="920" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS.</p> - -<p>The Whirlpool Rapids begin within sight of the Falls. The gorge -narrows to 300 feet and the current rushes onward at a speed of -40 miles an hour and the foam-crested waters are entrancingly -beautiful.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_017_large.jpg" id="i_17low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_018" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_018.jpg" width="1212" height="911" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>THE WHIRLPOOL.</p> - -<p>The Whirlpool is about two miles below the Falls and is the greatest -known river pocket. Into it the Rapids plunge in all their fury, and a -gyrating motion is given the entire body of water. Here the river turns -at right angles, causing one of the most mysterious and fascinating -features of this mighty stream of water.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_018_large.jpg" id="i_18low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_019" class="figcenter chapter pan"> - <img src="images/i_019.jpg" width="1401" height="557" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"> - -<p class="xsmall"> -INCLINED RAILWAY. -<span class="inpan">AMERICAN FALL.</span> -<span class="inpan">LUNA ISLAND.</span> -<span class="inpan">CAVE OF THE WINDS.</span> -<span class="inpan">GOAT ISLAND.</span> -<span class="inpan">HORSESHOE FALL.</span> -<span class="inpan">TABLE ROCK.</span> -<span class="inpan">VICTORIA PARK.</span></p> - -<p class="p1"><span class="larger">PANORAMIC VIEW OF NIAGARA FALLS <span class="inpan">FROM THE CANADIAN SIDE.</span></span> -</p> - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_019_large.jpg" id="i_19low">High-Resolution (full)</a><br /> - <a href="images/i_019left_large.jpg" id="i_19leftlow">Left</a> / - <a href="images/i_019middle_large.jpg" id="i_19midlow">Middle</a> / - <a href="images/i_019right_large.jpg" id="i_19rightlow">Right</a> - </p> - -</div></div> - -<div id="i_020" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_020.jpg" width="1210" height="926" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>THE CANADIAN RAPIDS AND HORSESHOE FALL, FROM FALLS VIEW STATION.</p> - -<p>This is one of the grand views to be had from the Canadian side of -the river. The rapids, by their great descent and vastness, convey -an impressive effect to the mind, and, together with the Falls and -scenery of Victoria Park, combines to make one of the most pleasing -pictures about Niagara. The entire length of the park is traversed by -the electric cars, which are so great a convenience about Niagara, for -tourists.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_020_large.jpg" id="i_20low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_021" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_021.jpg" width="1209" height="912" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>AMERICAN FALL FROM CANADIAN SIDE.</p> - -<p>Standing in Victoria Park, one gets a full front view of the -American Fall, while at the right of the scene is Center Fall, flowing -between Luna and Goat Islands. The American Fall has a width of 1,000 -feet, a height of 158 feet, while the Rapids above descend forty feet -in a half mile. All visitors should go to the Canadian side for the -Canadian Fall and Rapids, the most imposing features of the Falls, are -there best seen with their wonderful rainbow and mist effects, while -the beauties of Victoria Park itself well repay a visit.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_021_large.jpg" id="i_21low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_022" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_022.jpg" width="1220" height="916" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>THE GORGE.</p> - -<p>The life work of Niagara River has been and continues to be the -digging of the Niagara Gorge through which it flows. Those who have -studied the subject thoroughly have reached the conclusion that the -great trench was excavated by the running of the river itself. In its -length, the gorge is in one sense a measure of the age of the river.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_022_large.jpg" id="i_22low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_023" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_023.jpg" width="1208" height="913" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>SCENE ON THE “GORGE ROUTE.”</p> - -<p>This Electric road runs along the New York Shore, for much of the -way, about twenty feet up from the water, and affords unequaled views -of the Whirlpool Rapids, the great bridge and cliffs, the Whirlpool and -all scenic features. The objects of interest along the Gorge Route are -only second to the two great cataracts themselves.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_023_large.jpg" id="i_23low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_024" class="figcenter chapter portrait"> - <img src="images/i_024.jpg" width="924" height="1219" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>HORSESHOE OR CANADIAN FALL IN WINTER.</p> - -<p>The intensity of the mighty grasp of winter is at no point better -portrayed than in its effects on the Horseshoe Fall. Gradually the -waters are chilled and frozen until where yesterday the river plunged -over the precipice in gleeful, laughing manner, huge stalactites of ice -are hung reaching from the cliff-top to the slope below.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_024_large.jpg" id="i_24low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_025" class="figcenter chapter portrait"> - <img src="images/i_025.jpg" width="929" height="1210" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>ICE FORMATION AT CAVE OF THE WINDS.</p> - -<p>In February, 1896, for a period of four days, the Cave of the Winds -was dry, the water of the Fall being kept back by the ice formation. -Visitors sought the cavern and roamed about admiring the icy scenes on -every side. The photograph for the picture above was then made, and it -may never be possible to obtain the same again.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_025_large.jpg" id="i_25low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_026" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_026.jpg" width="1215" height="920" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>UPPER STEEL ARCH BRIDGE.</p> - -<p>This wonderful example of man’s handiwork connects the extreme lower -points of Prospect Park on the American side, with Victoria Park on the -Canadian side. It has a single deck, is 1,268 feet long, 49 feet wide -and 190 feet above the water, and was built in 1898. Splendid views are -had from this bridge.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_026_large.jpg" id="i_26low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_027" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_027.jpg" width="1218" height="917" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>THE ICE PALACE.</p> - -<p>The Ice Palace, a thing of beauty in the production of which man -essayed to supplement Nature, was erected in the State Reservation -in the winter of 1898. “An area of 120 by 160 feet was covered by -its gleaming walls of crystal. The entire structure was gay with -bunting and flags by day and brilliant with electrical illumination by -night.”</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_027_large.jpg" id="i_27low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_028" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_028.jpg" width="1175" height="901" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p class="clear">BRIDGES AT NIAGARA.</p> - -<p class="floatl in5">LUNA ISLAND BRIDGE.</p> -<p class="floatr l3">BRIDGE TO THIRD SISTER ISLAND.</p> -<p class="floatl p0 in1">BRIDGE TO SECOND SISTER ISLAND.</p> -<p class="floatr p0 l2">RUSTIC BRIDGE TO WILLOW ISLAND.</p> - <p class="hires clear"><a href="images/i_028_large.jpg" id="i_28low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_029" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_029.jpg" width="1214" height="908" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>LOWER STEEL ARCH BRIDGE.</p> - -<p>This bridge spans the river at its narrowest part. It was built in -1897 by the Grand Trunk Railroad Company. It has two decks, the upper -for railway trains and the lower for carriages and pedestrians. The -arch has a span of 550 feet.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_029_large.jpg" id="i_29low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_030" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_030.jpg" width="1208" height="909" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>TABLE ROCK AND THE DEVIL’S PULPIT.</p> - -<p>This rocky plateau is located over the Devil’s Hole, on the -American side, 300 feet above the wild waters of the Gorge. It has -been the scene of many recorded and traditional battles and sanguinary -struggles. Grand sweeps of scenery are to be witnessed from this -commanding site.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_030_large.jpg" id="i_30low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_031" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_031.jpg" width="1207" height="922" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>DEVIL’S HOLE.</p> - -<p>The Devil’s Hole is a dark and gloomy chasm in the high bank, and -has a depth of 150 feet. It is said to have been a store house for -ammunition in early times. It is reached by the City trolley line and -by the Gorge Road.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_031_large.jpg" id="i_31low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_032" class="figcenter" style="max-width:40em;"> - <img src="images/i_032.jpg" width="1211" height="911" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>BROCK’S MONUMENT</p> - -<p>Stands on Queenston Heights, about four miles below the Whirlpool. -It was erected to commemorate the memory of Sir Isaac Brock who fell in -battle in the war of 1812. It is a noble shaft, 100 feet high, capped -with a statue of Brock. It is seen for many miles in all directions.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_032_large.jpg" id="i_32low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_033" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_033.jpg" width="1218" height="915" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT LEWISTON.</p> - -<p>This Suspension Bridge is now the only one which spans Niagara -River. It links Queenston on the Canadian side with Lewiston on the -American side, seven miles below the Falls, and is crossed by the Belt -Line trolley route about the Gorge. The suspended span is 800 feet, and -it has a cable span of 1040 feet.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_033_large.jpg" id="i_33low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_034" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_034.jpg" width="1212" height="912" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"><p>A FAMILIAR WINTER SCENE IN PROSPECT PARK.</p> - -<p>In winter the high winds which prevail, sometimes for days at a -time, catch the spray from the American Fall and carry it far back into -the forest growth, the trees become ice-laden, and the transformation -that takes place is beautiful in the extreme.</p> - - <p class="hires"><a href="images/i_034_large.jpg" id="i_34low">High-Resolution</a></p> -</div></div> - -<div id="i_035" class="figcenter chapter landscape"> - <img src="images/i_035.jpg" width="1220" height="908" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"> - -<p class="floatl in12">THE RED MAN’S FACT</p> -<p class="floatr l12">THE WHITE MAN’S FANCY</p> - -<p class="clear"><span class="smcap">From the famous paintings by James Francis Brown.</span></p> - -<p class="floatl narrow1">To the Indians the thundering of the water -was the voice of the Great Spirit; the spray-cloud his habitation. 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