THE NIAGARA FALLS.
The depth of water in the gorge be* low the Niagara Falla baa just been measured for the first time. The swiftness of the stream has baffled all previous efforts, but a corps of Government engineers accomplished the feat. They embarked in a small boat not far below the falls. An old guide accompanied the party. With great difficulty they approached within a short distance of the American falls, which darted great jets of water on them. The roar was so terrible that no voice nor sound could be heard. The leadsman cast the lead, which rapidly went down to 83ft. This was near the shore. Passing out of the friendly eddy which had enabled them to get so near the falls, they shot rapidly down stream. The A next cast of the lead told off 100 ft., deepening to 192 a little further down. The average depth to the Swift Drift, where the river suddenly became par, row Vith a velocity too great to be measured, is 153 ft, Just under the
lower bridge the -whirlpool rapids set in, and so violently are the waters moved that they rise like ocean waves to the height of 20ft, At this point they computed the, depth at 210 ft.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1030, 20 January 1880, Page 2
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218THE NIAGARA FALLS. Kumara Times, Issue 1030, 20 January 1880, Page 2
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