Rand, McNally and Co.'s illustrated guide to Niagra Falls; with maps and diagrams (1885) (14760804056)

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Title: Rand, McNally & Co.'s illustrated guide to Niagra Falls ; with maps and diagrams
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Rand McNally and Company
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Publisher: Chicago : Rand, McNally & Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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2. The firstropes were carried over on the ice bridge. It is said to be tnelongest suspended bridge span in the world, the distance fromthe shore end of one tower to the shore end of the other being 1,268feet, or, about a quarter of a mile. The deflection of the cables at centre is 91 feet in summer, andin winter 88 feet, making a rise and fall of the bridge from changesof temperature of 3 feet. The length of cables between anchor-ages is 1,828 feet. Fine views can be had from the tops of thetowers. Height of the bridge above water, 190 feet. It is capableof carrying thirteen times as much as can by any ordinary circum-stances be placed upon it. Its towers are 100 feet high. Charges:Each person, each way, 25 cents. Visitors at Niagara Falls usually cross to Canada via this bridge.On reaching the Canada shore, at a point near the Clifton House,one gets one of the best general views to be obtained of Niagara,though personally we prefer the view as we stand up near theedge of the Falls.4
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.50 NIAGARA FALLS. 51 Near Table Rock is a museum containing a very full and veryfine collection of all sorts of curiosities usually found in such aplace. Admission to museum and gardens, 50 cents. ©ABLE F(OGl(. One of the most famous points about Niagara in the old times,now gone forever, was Table Rock. This was on the Canadaside, about ten rods below the Falls, and was simply a hugeledge of rock overhanging the precipice. Table Rock was originally very large, but its form and dimen-sions were changed by frequent and violent disruptions. InJuly, 1818, a mass broke off 160 feet in length, and from 30 to40 feet in width. December 9, 1828, three immense portions,reaching under the Horseshoe Fall, fell with a shock like anearthquake. In the summer of 1829, another large mass fell off,and June 26, 1850, a piece 200 feet long and 60 feet deep fell, thelast piece of the table. Those who wish to go under the Horse-shoe Fall can descend a road cut from the museum to the foot ofthe bank. Dre