. Pauls' dictionary of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and vicinity a descriptive index and guide to the various institutions, public buildings, societies, amusements, resorts, etc., in and about the city of Buffalo . it never freezes over. Every gallon of water in this remarkable river makes the 2. A stupendous enormous fall of from 158 to 167 feet over ^^^^ the shelving limestone at the cataract, not to mention the ^additional fall in the rapids, which will pres-ently be noticed. Pause a moment ! The height from which this mightystream falls is greater than that of the average tall church-
. Pauls' dictionary of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and vicinity a descriptive index and guide to the various institutions, public buildings, societies, amusements, resorts, etc., in and about the city of Buffalo . it never freezes over. Every gallon of water in this remarkable river makes the 2. A stupendous enormous fall of from 158 to 167 feet over ^^^^ the shelving limestone at the cataract, not to mention the ^additional fall in the rapids, which will pres-ently be noticed. Pause a moment ! The height from which this mightystream falls is greater than that of the average tall church-spire, and more than twice the height of a lofty seven-storybuilding. What marvel is it that visitors look up from the footof the great cataract, exclaiming Wonderful ! Wonderful!^ Niagara as It Is. ^75 as they behold Niagara, with hghtning speed and thunderoustones, shooting over the dizzy heights, as if issuing fromthe sky. The rapids of Niagara, which to most persons are as3. The Furious impressive as the cataract itself, represent in Rapids. two sections a total descent of 153 feet, wholly additional to the Falls proper. The Upper Rapids extend amile above the Falls, and consist of a precipitation of 55 feet. HIGHCHURCH SPIRE Fig. 2. A Correct Idea of the Cataracts Height by Scale of Feet. Greater Than a Tall Church Spire ; More Than Double That of a Seven-story Block. over ledges of rock and around picturesque islands. TheLower or Whirlpool Rapids are formed by a descent in theNiagara of 98 feet in seven miles, through a remarkablynarrow pass, producing some most wonderful effects ; theseare alluded to in later pages. The fact escapes the attention of many visitors, that theNiagara River thus makes the enormous total descent of 311feet, or nearly twice the height of the Falls proper, as shownin Fig. 3, in the stretch of only eight miles below the be-ginning of the Upper Rapids. 176 Niagara as It Is, The great Niagara Canon, extending from the Falls for 4. The Marvelous Sev
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