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Still Image
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Original Format
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Engraving
Physical Dimensions
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3 x 3 in.
Dublin Core
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Title
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View from the Site of Vrooman's Battery
Creator
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Lossing, Benson J[ohn] (1813-1891)
Date
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1868
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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The Pictorial Field-book of the War of 1812; or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics and Traditions of the Last War for American Independence (Harper & Brothers, 1868): 391.
Thomas Fisher Canadiana Collection, University of Toronto, via Internet Archive
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jpeg, 981 KB
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Still image
Description
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Just prior to the War of 1812, British forces worked feverishly to control navigation of the Niagara River, posting batteries every mile along bluffs overlooking the gorge. The one pictured here was located close enough to the village of Lewiston that it was successful in harassing American forces during the war. The item shown here is described by Lossing: “The picture represents a view of the Niagara River and shores from Vrooman's Point. In the foreground are the remains of the battery. On the right is seen Queenston and the Heights, with Brock’s monument; on the left, Lewiston and its heights; and in the centre, Niagara River and the Lewiston Suspension Bridge. We are looking southward, up the Niagara River” (391).
Lewiston, NY
Lossing, Benson
Niagara River
War of 1812
Watersheds
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Still Image
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Original Format
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Bird's-Eye View
Physical Dimensions
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22 x 82 cm
Dublin Core
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Title
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Niagara's Great Gorge Trip
Creator
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Niagara Gorge Railroad Company
Date
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1927
Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
Source
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<a href="https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~271863~90045652:Niagara-s-Great-Gorge-Trip-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:niagara;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=407&trs=418#">David Rumsey Historical Map Collection</a>
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jpeg, 1.6 MB
jpeg, 7.9 MB
Type
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Still image
Description
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Promotional brochure from the motor age--"There is no Automobile Road Through the Gorge"--was created by an electric railway company started in the early 1890s. Capt. John M. Brinker, a Buffalo businessman, had the perseverance to capitalize a tourist line running between the towns of Niagara Falls and Lewiston, running down through the gorge alongside the Niagara River. Despite considerable engineering difficulties, the line proved popular; tourists would ride in open-sided cars beholding the river's sublime power. A tourist rail line along the Canadian rim had been constructed in 1892, and the two companies were combined in 1902 resulting in the circular route show here. <br /><br />But the gorge's geology, namely a type of shale prone to erosion and rockfall, eventually doomed the railroad. There were fatal tourist accidents in 1907, 1915, and 1917; landslides destroyed portions of the rail lines and rendered it unprofitable. The company dissolved in 1935, but traces of the gorge railway still are visible today. Source consulted: <a href="https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/06/the-niagara-gorge-railroad.html">"The Niagara Gorge Railroad,"</a> Amusing Planet.
bird's eye view
Lewiston, NY
Niagara Falls, NY
Niagara Gorge Railroad
Watersheds