The day Niagara Falls ran dry: Newly-discovered photos show the moment the iconic waterfall stopped.

Found this on the Daily Mail website and was blown away by the pictures and fascinating article. I have never been to the states but when I do this will be on my to do list for sure Visit the link to see the amazing pictures.. www.dailymail.co.uk...

It's taken 41 years, but a previously unseen set of photos of the mighty Niagara Falls reduced to nothing more than a barren cliff-top have finally surfaced.

The stark images reveal North America's iconic - and most powerful - waterfall to be almost as dry as a desert.

In June 1969, U.S. engineers diverted the flow of the Niagara River away from the American side of the falls for several months.


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Originally posted by LiveForever8
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Unfortunately someone has already beaten you to it; www.abovetopsecret.com...

There's also this; www.abovetopsecret.com...

Maybe you could add your thoughts to the existing thread

Search is your friend

Ok cheers I thought its was new. p.s it looks much less impressive and smaller with no water running over it. Just a quarry style looking cliff.

WOW thats an ancient video...

The skyline of the falls is quite different now...

Someone should actually rename this thread, "the day they turned off the falls" Obviously it didn't run dry....i mean come on....logic people...