Engineers Drained the Niagara Falls and Uncovered Its Dark History

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British author Fanny Trollope recalled a family time when she and her two daughters came to Niagara Falls during June of 1831. She wrote, "We drenched ourselves in spray; we cut our feet on the rocks; we blistered our faces in the sun; we looked up the cataract and down the cataract; we perched ourselves on every pinnacle we could find; we dipped our fingers in the flood at a few yards distance from its thundering fall; in short, we strove to fill as many niches of memory with Niagara as possible."

Industrialization Takes Control

Now that factories and mills were being powered by the Falls and the surrounding areas were being powered by tourism, more and more people were flocking to the natural wonder. More people meant more business, but it also meant more problems...

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.