When Niagara Waterfall Become Dry
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Kraznaya
Princeps
Well, it will be nothing but rapids in a few centuries, so...
classical_hero
In whom I trust
My first reaction to the title was that this is alt history and it does not belong here, but I never realised it actually did happen, although it was by design rather than anything untoward happening.
Fr8monkey
Deity
The flow of water was stopped completely over both falls
on March 29th 1848 due to an ice jam in the upper river for several hours. This
is the only known time to have occurred. The Falls did not actually freeze
over, but the flow was stopped to the point where people actually walked out
and recovered artifacts from the riverbed!
The tremendous volume of water never stops flowing, However, the falling
water and mist create ice formations along the banks of the falls and river.
This can result in mounds of ice as thick as fifty feet. If the Winter is cold for
long enough, the ice will completely stretch across the river and form what
is known as the "ice bridge". This ice bridge can extend for several miles
down river until it reaches the area known as the lower rapids.
on March 29th 1848 due to an ice jam in the upper river for several hours. This
is the only known time to have occurred. The Falls did not actually freeze
over, but the flow was stopped to the point where people actually walked out
and recovered artifacts from the riverbed!
The tremendous volume of water never stops flowing, However, the falling
water and mist create ice formations along the banks of the falls and river.
This can result in mounds of ice as thick as fifty feet. If the Winter is cold for
long enough, the ice will completely stretch across the river and form what
is known as the "ice bridge". This ice bridge can extend for several miles
down river until it reaches the area known as the lower rapids.
holy king
Deity
Niagara as in "you cry a lot"?
Read the OP 
Or to actually answer, there were some major rock falls, and they diverted the water to remove some of the fallen rock. But decided that that wasn't a practical idea, so they engineered some reinforcement to the river bed so that the rest of the falls wouldn't collapse.
Or to actually answer, there were some major rock falls, and they diverted the water to remove some of the fallen rock. But decided that that wasn't a practical idea, so they engineered some reinforcement to the river bed so that the rest of the falls wouldn't collapse.