. The street railway review . The Niagara Falls & Lewiston Railway. The Niagara Ialls iV Lewiston Railway, better k\U)wnasllie (iorge Road, is one of the most lieautiful routes that canbe imagined, passing as it does along the very edge of theWhirlpool Rapids and through the wild scenery of the engineering difhculties to be overcome were imiqne if. ALLS , NIAOAKA , .N. V. , HKNI), GORGE ROAD. exception be made of some of the railroad construction in theRocky Mountains, and its cost per mile probably exceede<lthat of any electric line. What is perhaps the b


. The street railway review . The Niagara Falls & Lewiston Railway. The Niagara Ialls iV Lewiston Railway, better k\U)wnasllie (iorge Road, is one of the most lieautiful routes that canbe imagined, passing as it does along the very edge of theWhirlpool Rapids and through the wild scenery of the engineering difhculties to be overcome were imiqne if. ALLS , NIAOAKA , .N. V. , HKNI), GORGE ROAD. exception be made of some of the railroad construction in theRocky Mountains, and its cost per mile probably exceede<lthat of any electric line. What is perhaps the best view of the cataract is obtainedfrom the steel tower built an<l owned by the Niagara lallsiV Lewiston road. This tower is 300 ft. high and is locatedon the high bank opposite the Stale Reser\ati(in Iark. Starting at the Tower Hotel in lalls lln-liMeruns through Falls street to 3rd and ilowii 3r(l, which has agrade of 5 ))er cent, for 1,600 ft. IVoni tliis point there isa cut through the solid rock for 400 ft. until the New ^ork ()52 (|)1]iedS^cul\v£^


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