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33 unusual facts about Niagara Falls


21st Air Division

In addition command of the SAGE DC-03/CC-01 blockhouse was assumed by the 21st AD, as well as CIM-10 Bomarc surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile squadrons near Otis AFB, Massachusetts, Niagara Falls, New York and McGuire AFB, New Jersey.

Acheson process

The first commercial plant using the Acheson process was built by Acheson in Niagara Falls, New York, where hydroelectric plants nearby could cheaply produce the necessary power for the energy intensive process.

American Dental Association

The ADA was founded August 1859, at Niagara Falls, New York, by twenty-six dentists who represented various dental societies in the United States.

April Stevens

April Stevens (born Carol LoTempio, April 29, 1929, Niagara Falls, New York) is an American singer.

Citizens Regional Transit Corporation

This alternative route would be attractive for tourists to use between the many Niagara Falls attractions and the Buffalo Niagara International Airport.

Eas a' Chual Aluinn

When in full flow it is over three times higher than Niagara Falls.

English cricket team in North America in 1859

In addition to the exhibition matches they also had two excursions to view the Niagara Falls.

George Pattinson

Working with Sir Adam Beck on the Electrical Power Commission, he helped bring hydroelectric power from Niagara Falls to Preston.

Greg Mitchell

He first worked in journalism as a summer intern for the Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Gazette (now the Niagara Gazette).

Hazel Ying Lee

On November 10, 1944, Lee received orders to go to the Bell Aircraft factory at Niagara Falls and pick up a P-63 and deliver the plane to Great Falls, Montana.

Illinois Instant Riches

Splashdown was renamed Niagara for NY Wired after Niagara Falls.

Jack Woolams

Woolams and the P-39 Airacobra returned to Niagara Falls on August 29, from Cleveland, after obtaining a disappointing qualifying speed of 392 mph.

James Summers

The newspaper contained articles on Windsor Castle, Niagara Falls, the death of Napoleon, the Palace of Versailles, and news related to Britain along with advertisements.

John T. Bush

In 1864, he bought the Zimmerman estate in Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, built the "Clifton Place" mansion, and went to live there.

Lee Hyla

Lee Hyla (born August 31, 1952, Niagara Falls, New York) is an American classical music composer who has been the recipient of the Stoeger Prize from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, a Guggenheim Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, the Goddard Lieberson Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the St. Botolph Club Award, and the Rome Prize.

Mackenzie House

An interesting addition to the grounds are the side panels of the Memorial Arch that once stood at the foot of the Honeymoon Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Moses Cleaveland

Some journeyed by land with the horses and cattle, while the main body went in boats up the Mohawk, down the Oswego, along the shore of Lake Ontario, and up Niagara River, carrying their boats over the long portage of seven miles at the falls.

Nekketsu Street Basket: Ganbare Dunk Heroes

The player's home court is at Niagara Falls and players have their equipment improved after they win a game in "story mode." Passwords allow games to be stopped and resumed in a different gaming session.

Ni es lo mismo ni es igual

"El Niágara en Bicicleta" takes on the impossibility of obtaining medical treatment in a third world hospital, and compares it to crossing Niagara Falls on a bicycle.

Niagara Fools

The park ranger at Niagara Falls boasts about his impeccable record of enforcing the prohibition related to going over the falls in a barrel.

NYC Niagara

The New York Central Railroad's Niagara was a steam locomotive named after the Niagara River and Falls.

Overclockwise

Heartbroken, Fry attempts to commit suicide by going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

Pete Johnson

At a nightclub in Niagara Falls, the piano was on a platform above the bar, and Johnson had to climb a ladder to get there.

Reginald John Campbell

He also preached in Toronto and Montreal, visiting Niagara Falls on the way.

Saint Anthony Falls

In 1680, the falls became known to the Western world when they were observed and published in a journal by Father Louis Hennepin, a Catholic friar of Belgian birth, who also first published about Niagara Falls to the world's attention.

Sheldon Leonard

The track, "Niagara Falls", describes Sheldon Leonard's honeymoon at Niagara Falls.

Tammie Leady

In June, 2005, she finished in eighth place in the Toronto Pro Figure competition held in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

The KangaZoo Club

Russel and Melissa took viewers on expeditions to Canadian zoos including the Toronto Zoo with Toby Styles, Marineland in Niagara Falls with Mark Shawver, and the African Lion Safari in Rockton with Ron Cameron, where they interviewed animal handlers to get answers to questions that the children might want to ask.

The Palace Pier

On a clear day, residents have unobstructed views across the lake and may see the mist rising from Niagara Falls as well as the Niagara escarpment.

Tourgasm

Some of the events include horseback riding, riding Segway scooters, and visiting Niagara Falls.

Vincent Clarkson

This eventually failed, as Sheridan survived Vincent's attempt to kill her by sending her over Niagara Falls.

Von Erich family

He was born Kerry Gene Adkisson on February 3, 1960 in Niagara Falls, New York.

Wonderfulness

Seven of the eight tracks are drawn from Cosby's childhood experiences; the last one, "Niagara Falls", deals with a visit to that landmark by television producer Sheldon Leonard, who hired Cosby to star in I Spy.


Barbara Frum

Frum’s father, who was born in Kielce, Poland and emigrated to Canada as a child with his parents in 1913, was the proprietor of Rosberg’s Department Store in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Bart Maves

Maves was elected to the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1995, defeating Liberal Marg Germano and incumbent New Democrat Margaret Harrington in the riding of Niagara Falls.

Biff Henderson

Henderson and his map traveled across the country and appeared via satellite from such locations as Mount Rushmore, Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon.

Florence-Roebling, New Jersey

John A. Roebling & Sons company built and provided the steel for the Brooklyn Bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge, as well as numerous other bridges including one over Niagara Falls.

IEEE Lamme Medal

The medal was named in recognition of Benjamin G. Lamme, Westinghouse' chief engineer, who amongst others was responsible for the construction of the Niagara Falls generators.

K-65 residues

The Linde "K-65 residues" were transported to a storage silo built at the federally appropriated Lake Ontario Ordnance Works site outside of Lewiston, NY, a short distance from Niagara Falls, NY.

Knob Hill Farms

Another mural facing the south side featuring Southern Ontario from downtown Toronto, with a street written as "Baloor" instead of Bloor Street and the Don Valley Parkway, the western suburbs, the Hamilton Mountain, Niagara Falls and near Fort Erie.

Lewiston-Porter Central School District

Lew-Port competes in the NFL (Niagara Frontier League) with rival schools such as Niagara-Wheatfield, Niagara Falls, and Lockport.

Marine current power

A 2006 report from United States Department of the Interior estimates that capturing just 1/1,000th of the available energy from the Gulf Stream, which has 21,000 times more energy than Niagara Falls in a flow of water that is 50 times the total flow of all the world’s freshwater rivers, would supply Florida with 35% of its electrical needs.

Niagara College

The College has three campuses: the Welland Campus in Welland, the Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and the Maid of the Mist Campus in Niagara Falls which serves as a dedicated industry development and training resource for Niagara's hospitality and tourism sector.

Niagara Frontier League

Representatives from Lackawanna, Tonawanda, North Tonawanda, Niagara Falls, Trott, Kenmore and Lockport merged the former RPI basketball and St. Lawrence football leagues to found the NFL.

Niagara Gorge Railroad

This service was jointly with the IRC "Canadian Scenic Route" on the Canadian side of the River from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Queenston, Ontario.

The Niagara Gorge Railroad (forming part of the Great Gorge Route) was an interurban railway which ran at the bottom of the Niagara Gorge (at water level) from Niagara Falls, New York to Lewiston, New York.

Noel's Saturday Roadshow

These 'locations' were in fact elaborate studio sets dressed to resemble each week's location, such as the North Pole, a space station, Hollywood, or Niagara Falls.

Our New West. Records of Travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean

In addition to his enthusiasm for the West, Bowles urges the preservation of Niagara Falls (probably influenced by Frederick Law Olmsted, whom he met in Yosemite Valley) and of regions of the Adirondacks and Maine (see pp. 384–85).

Pizza Pizza

A chapter of Michael Moore's book Downsize This! advises illegal immigrants who want to sneak into Canada at Niagara Falls to memorize Pizza Pizza's Toronto number to appear Canadian.

Proto-Algonquian language

The initial theory, first put forth by Frank T. Siebert, Jr. in 1967 based on examining of the ranges of numerous species of plants and animals for which reliable Algonquian cognates existed, holds that Proto-Algonquian was spoken between Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario, in Ontario, Canada, and at least as far south as Niagara Falls.

Shaun Cleaver

Shaun Cleaver, (born 29 April 1979) is a Canadian physiotherapist from Niagara Falls, Ontario, and graduated in 2002 from the University of Ottawa with a BSc.

Silvester Horne

In 1914, while on holiday in Canada, returning from Niagara Falls, he was suddenly taken ill travelling on a steamer and died, aged forty-nine, before arriving at Toronto.

Wheatley, Ontario

Hike Metal Products, a shipbuilding/refitting/fabricating company based at the harbour, is the builder of the Maid of the Mist, the vessel used at Niagara Falls for the tours under the great Canadian waterfall.