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Niagara Falls: ILLUMINATION |
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1) Caption reads: Beginning in 1901, the International Railway Company ran night illumination trips on the Great Gorge Route, using a special searchlight car to light up the Whirlpool Rapids. (From "Ontario's Niagara Parks", by George A Seibel; photo from Buffalo And Erie County Historical Society)
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2) Caption reads: The 1907 illumination battery set up along the Ontario Power Company access road below the gorge bank, opposite the American Falls. (From "Ontario's Niagara Parks", by George A Seibel; photo from Niagara Falls Illumination Board)
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3) Caption reads: Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, Canada, showing illumination lights, circa 1937. P.S. We are seeing all the sights traveling with a Conoco TOURAIDE. It's wonderful! Your Mileage Merchant at his Conoco Station will tell you how to get one.
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4) Caption reads: A view of the searchlight battery installed Jun 20, 1958, used to illuminate Niagara Falls at night. Twenty, 36-inch searchlights, each operating at 210 million candle-power, together total approx four billion, 200 million candle-power to illuminate the Falls in color.
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5) Caption reads: From this battery of lights, 4 billion 200 million candle-power floods the Falls nightly.
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6) Caption reads: Niagara Falls Canada, alive at night. (Photo by L Fisher)
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7) Caption reads: Niagara Falls lit up, showing the American Falls on the left, and the Canadian Falls on the right.
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8) Caption reads: Niagara Falls, Canada. The colorful night illumination of the Falls from the Observation Deck of the Niagara Tower. (Photo by Jordan Color Labs)
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9) Caption reads: Niagara Falls, Canada, illuminated at night with a flood of color. (Photo by Mira Jordan)
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10) Caption reads: The American Falls and Horseshoe Falls are illuminated nightly throughout the year.
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11) Postmarked Jul 31, 196(3?). Caption reads: General view of both American and Canadian Horseshoe Falls, with 4 billion 200 million candle-power, showing Oakes Garden and Niagara Parkway illuminated with beautiful and unusual lighting effects among the trees and gardens.
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12) Caption reads: A general view of Niagara Falls, showing American and Canadian Falls illuminated.
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