Comments on: absent rivers, ephemeral parks

By: The Year The Falls Went Dry | PUBLIC SCHOOL

The Year The Falls Went Dry | PUBLIC SCHOOL — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:06:11 +0000

[...] Mammoth, explains the reasoning and details more clearly here. For six months in the winter and fall of 1969, Niagara’s American Falls were “de-watered”, as the Army Corps of Engineers conducted a geological survey of the falls’ rock face, concerned that it was becoming destabilized by erosion. During the interim study period, the dried riverbed and shale was drip-irrigated, like some mineral garden in a tender establishment period, by long pipes stretched across the gap, to maintain a sufficient and stabilizing level of moisture. For a portion of that period, while workers cleaned the former river-bottom of unwanted mosses and drilled test-cores in search of instabilities, a temporary walkway was installed a mere twenty feet from the edge of the dry falls, and tourists were able to explore this otherwise inaccessible and hostile landscape. [...]

By: » Blog Archive » NiagraFalls – Water!

» Blog Archive » NiagraFalls – Water! — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:20:46 +0000

[...] via Mammoth [...]

By: Links de lunes | ..::DALGREV::..

Links de lunes | ..::DALGREV::.. — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:37:03 +0000

[...] las cataratas del Niágara se secaron, una historia muy interesante que [...]

By: Die Niagarafälle ohne Wasser | Kotzendes Einhorn

Die Niagarafälle ohne Wasser | Kotzendes Einhorn — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:14:58 +0000

[...] 1969 stoppten Ingenieure der US Army Corps einen der Niagarafälle um das Gestein unter den Fällen zu untersuchen. Für sechs Monate konnten Touristen sogar auf dem trockenen Gestein rumlatschen. Es wurden sogar Schilder augestellt, die die geologischen Beschaffenheiten des Flussbettes erklärten. Obwohl man feststellte, dass das Gestein relativ instabil ist, entschied man sich dagegen die Felsen zu sichern. Die Kosten hätten in keiner Relation zum Ergebnis gestanden. [...]

By: Fred Scharmen

Fred Scharmen — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:31:49 +0000

Funny to just be coming across this now, via someone’s twittering of an old io9 link. Only wanted to say this: “Of course it’s becoming destabilized by erosion, it’s fucking Niagra Falls!”

By: Niagara Falls, De-watered | Future Changes

Niagara Falls, De-watered | Future Changes — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:02:15 +0000

[...] 1969, the US Army Corps of Engineers “de-watered” the American Falls portion of Niagara Falls to assess the effects of erosion on the Falls’ rock face, and [...]

By: The Year The Army Stopped Niagara Falls | kox.sk

The Year The Army Stopped Niagara Falls | kox.sk — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:17:13 +0000

[...] American Falls de-watered Documentary Nálepky: falls (1), geology (1), water (13) WoodenSnail [...]

By: El año en que el ejército paró las cataratas del Niágara | Maikelnai's blog

El año en que el ejército paró las cataratas del Niágara | Maikelnai's blog — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:01:43 +0000

[...] En el año 1969, el cuerpo de ingenieros de la Armada estadounidense llevó a cabo un hecho sin precedentes, lograron detener las cataratas del Niágara. Lo hicieron para limpiar el área y para comprobar la integridad estructural del salto del agua. Podéis ver algunas fotos de aquel evento en la galería de Rbglasson en Flickr. Según explican en el bog M.ammoth: [...]

By: The Year The Army Stopped Niagara Falls [Retro Mega Engineering] | Test Blog

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:36:43 +0000

[...] via Mammoth [...]

By: Moving mountains and stopping waterfalls | Andy Oakley

Moving mountains and stopping waterfalls | Andy Oakley — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:08:46 +0000

[...] Mammoth: For six months in the winter and fall of 1969, Niagara’s American Falls were “de-watered”, [...]

By: Stopping Niagra Falls | friskyGeek

Stopping Niagra Falls | friskyGeek — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:09:00 +0000

[...] In 1969, Niagra Falls were turned off. [...]

By: rob

rob — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:51:44 +0000

Saw something the other day (not sure exactly where) that indicated they were considering it pretty seriously. Whatever the politics of reversing the river's un-natural course, I'm more than ready to talk about new housing complexes hanging below and beside the Loop like Zenetos's Hanging Hotel, or the menagerie of cable cars, escalators, and elevators that the residents of this new district will use for their daily vertical commutes.

By: namhenderson

namhenderson — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:40:31 +0000

You think they l are going to re-reverse the course?

I mean it does seem like the Great Lake states are more serious than i can ever remember.

By: rholmes

rholmes — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:05:12 +0000

Indeed it was and, as you’ve pointed out, quite ironically so.

I find it really fascinating that they got so deep into the process of halting geology in order to preserve a landscape for aesthetic pleasure, even if they eventually backed off.

By: цarьchitect

цarьchitect — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:57:23 +0000

Hmm, the image didn't come through: Try this.