What to see in America . New York State 101. Whirlpool Rapids The rapid growtliof Buffalo dates backto 1825, when theErie Canal was com-pleted. That wasbefore the time of thetelegraph, and can-non were placed atintervals within hear-ing of each other allalong the route tocarry the news when the water of Lake Erie was let intothe channel that had been dug. At ten oclock, October26th, the first cannon boomed at the west end, and at twenty-one minutes past eleven the last of the series of dischargesconveyed the tidings to New York. In recent years thecanal has been improved at vast expense, and i
What to see in America . New York State 101. Whirlpool Rapids The rapid growtliof Buffalo dates backto 1825, when theErie Canal was com-pleted. That wasbefore the time of thetelegraph, and can-non were placed atintervals within hear-ing of each other allalong the route tocarry the news when the water of Lake Erie was let intothe channel that had been dug. At ten oclock, October26th, the first cannon boomed at the west end, and at twenty-one minutes past eleven the last of the series of dischargesconveyed the tidings to New York. In recent years thecanal has been improved at vast expense, and it is nowseventy-five feet wide at the bottom, has locks three hun-dred feet long, and allows the passage of barges with acapacity of one thousand tons. Lake Erie is connected with Lake Ontario by the NiagaraRiver, which descends three hundred and thirty-three feet inits thirty-six miles. About midway are the great falls. On the brink of the falls thechannel is divided byGoat Island, eight acresin extent, to the right ofwhich is the American
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