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Stenton, also known as the James Logan Home, was the country home of James Logan, the first Mayor of Philadelphia and Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court during the colonial-era governance of the Province of Pennsylvania.
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The Niagara Scow View of the Toronto Power House with the scow in the background, 1922. The Niagara Scow (also called the Old Scow or Iron Scow) is the unofficial name of the wreck of a small scow that brought two men perilously close to plunging over the Horseshoe Falls, the largest of the Niagara Falls, in 1918. The wreck can still be seen ...
The Schoellkopf Power Station was built on land owned by Jacob F. Schoellkopf above the Niagara Gorge near the American Falls, 1,600 feet (490 m) downriver from Rainbow Bridge. Understanding the growing need for electricity and the role of harnessing the Falls, Schoellkopf purchased the land for the hydraulic canal on May 1, 1877 for $71,000.
The Great Gorge Route was part of the "Niagara Gorge Belt Line". This service was jointly with the IRC "Canadian Scenic Route" on the Canadian side of the river from Niagara Falls, Ontario to Queenston. Crossings were made on the Honeymoon Bridge in Niagara Falls and the Queenston–Lewiston Bridge.
Niagara Falls, New York – Niagara Falls, Ontario: United States – Canada 27 January 1938: Steel arch road bridge Ice jam in gorge pushed bridge off foundations 0 killed, 0 injured Bridge completely destroyed Replaced in 1941 by the Rainbow Bridge: Sandö Bridge: Kramfors, Ångermanland: Sweden 31 August 1939: Concrete arch bridge
This bridge is located approximately 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi) north of the Rainbow Bridge and about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the Falls. It was acquired by the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission in January 1959. Immediately upstream is the similar arch-style Michigan Central Railway Bridge, which has been out of service since 2001.
Niagara 1814: America Invades Canada. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 0-7006-1052-9. Cruikshank, Ernest A. (1971). The Documentary History of the Campaign upon the Niagara Frontier in the Year 1814 (Reprint (first published 1907) ed.). by Arno Press. ISBN 0-405-02838-5. Cruikshank, Ernest A. (1964).