Niagara Falls July 1969

On July 1st, 1969, my cousins Tom and Joey Piskor picked me up, and the 3 of us drove from our rural area south of Buffalo, NY to Niagara Falls, NY, a journey of less than 1 hour. The American Falls portion of Niagara Falls, had been turned off by Engineers, to allow Scientists to study and determine whether or not the erosion of the Falls could be stopped.
Due to financial restraints of government it could not happen, and since 1969, it has been determined that the erosion has allowed the Falls to lose about 30-40 feet in distance.
A cofferdam was bulldozed into place between the City of Niagara Falls, and Goat Island separating the rapid of the Niagara River; yet, due to the shale and limestone, a small ditch of water was allowed to flow through, to keep the rocks moist enough to prevent fissures to form and collapse during the study.
This film was shot on a Kodak Super 8 home movie camera, and the film is silent, meaning there is no sound on it at all.

[@sheismymom]

Incredible video. Thank you for sharing this. They say that the American Falls may need to be "dewatered" again to fix the bridges going to Goat Island.

[@joegaragozzo1640]

Awesome footage. 1969!! Wow.

[@garywalters1870]

Thank you!

[@loosewheely]

Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed this. I was there then and took a lot of still pics.

[@GaryW48]

You are welcome, glad you watched it.

[@RavenFaust]

wow this is amazing, thanks for sharing it with all of us!! :D History!

[@ubb4me]

Astronauts landing on the moon, LOL!!!! Good one. Thanks for sharing this. BTW, sweet ride. Bet you wish you still had that car.

[@GaryW48]

It was my cousins MG.

[@redntan77]

Fantastic

[@nightmetal7]

5 stars! about De-watering and other things !