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Niagara Falls Collapse - 1954
On July 24, 1954, a huge section of Prospect Point observation area at the brink of the American Falls. The section of rock that collapsed was in a pie shape, sending an estimated 185,000 tons of rock thundering into the Niagara River Gorge.
Posted 5 years ago by mario66 in category: crazy
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jcrider - 5 years ago [ Reply ]
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Even by today’s captured landslides, or rockfalls, that’s amazing footage! Made even more so by its location.

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yewtoober - 5 years ago
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  Agreed. Incredible that was caught on film. Faith in BOYT restored. For now. 

DaveJoyce - 5 years ago [ Reply ]
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They actually shut this whole falls down 15 years later so they could put erosion controls in place for fear that it would keep eroding and just become a series of rapids rather than a falls. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Falls#/media/File%3ADryniagara.jpg

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jcrider - 5 years ago
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  I had no idea about that, thanks Dave. 

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