Monday 30 August 2010

The Year The Army Stopped Niagara Falls

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In 1969, the Army Corps of Engineers accomplished an awesome feat: They turned off Niagara Falls. They did it to clean up the area, and check for structural integrity. Here are pictures of this bizarre episode in structural engineering history.

1 comment(s):

mister anchovy said...

Next you'll have us believe man has walked on the moon.