. Diversion of water from the Great Lakes and Niagara River. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports by Col. J. G. Warren, Corps of Engineers, and the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, of an investigation authorized by Public Resolution no. 8, sixty-fifth Congress, of the subject of water diversion from the Great Lakes and the Niagara River, including navigation, sanitary, and power purposes, and the preservation of the scenic beauty of Niagara Falls and the rapids of Niagara River. ften much worse than thepictures show. The cre
. Diversion of water from the Great Lakes and Niagara River. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports by Col. J. G. Warren, Corps of Engineers, and the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, of an investigation authorized by Public Resolution no. 8, sixty-fifth Congress, of the subject of water diversion from the Great Lakes and the Niagara River, including navigation, sanitary, and power purposes, and the preservation of the scenic beauty of Niagara Falls and the rapids of Niagara River. ften much worse than thepictures show. The crest line of the Horseshoe Falls is 2,600 feet long. The heightis 162 feet and the average flow under present conditions is cubic feet per second. At the head of the Gorge below the Falls is the stretch of quietAvater called in this report the Maid-of-the-Mist Pool. This isshown in photographs Nos. 72, 73. and 105. The Pool is a body ofdeep, comparatively quiet Avater extending from the foot of the Fallsto the railroad bridges and surrounded by Avails of rock 200 feethigh. Its upper part is navigated by two small steamers. The Avaterat the head of the Pool is stirred into foam by the Falls. Elsewhereit is blar-k and quiet except just below the highAvaj bridge, where itrofoivos the discharge of the Niagara Falls PoAver discharges 10 per cent more Avater than the American Falls andcreates a Avake of Avhitecaps and broken Avater clear across to theCanadian sliore. Tlic tnd-wntci- frmn all tlie poAvor plants is dis-. ^smj\
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