SinceThe70s Posted November 4, 2019 Posted November 4, 2019 Saw this story of a century old ship wreck above Niagara Falls and interested to hear the local perspective. On the face of it, sounds like it could be a big deal. https://nypost.com/2019/11/03/boat-stuck-above-niagara-falls-moves-closer-to-the-edge-for-first-time-in-century/
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 4, 2019 Posted November 4, 2019 I guess... When it happened, there were two men onboard. At the time they couldn't attempt a rescue by vessel... I assume, engines were underpowered in 1918. Check out the vessels they use to clear the ice from the intakes of the dam culverts today, pretty powerful and I think they have redundant power plants. Anyway, 101 years they rescued the men to the Canadian side by cables and a boatswain's type chair. Reading about it, the men had to spend a night on the shipwrecked scow till they squared away the cables, rescue line. Wow... Pretty crazy rescue! 1
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted November 4, 2019 Posted November 4, 2019 (edited) CBC Hamilton has a write up. A drone flyover in 2018 shows how little is actually left of the scow. Edited November 4, 2019 by Ridgewaycynic2013 1
Greybeard Posted November 5, 2019 Posted November 5, 2019 Folklore has it that when one of the men was rescued, his hair had turned white overnight. Maybe tomorrow, barge goes to falls, in a few thousand years, falls goes to barge. 1
SinceThe70s Posted November 5, 2019 Author Posted November 5, 2019 14 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: CBC Hamilton has a write up. A drone flyover in 2018 shows how little is actually left of the scow. Thanks for the tip, found the article below. Looks like it's not in imminent danger of going over the falls. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/iron-scow-horseshoe-falls-1.5344845
Lurker Posted November 5, 2019 Posted November 5, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, SinceThe70s said: Thanks for the tip, found the article below. Looks like it's not in imminent danger of going over the falls. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/iron-scow-horseshoe-falls-1.5344845 It's highly unlikely to make it over the falls. It will just break up and sink to the bottom of the upper river. It's really deteriorated in the past two years. Here's the history of the scow: http://www.niagarafrontier.com/scow.html Edited November 5, 2019 by Lurker 1 2
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted November 5, 2019 Posted November 5, 2019 7 hours ago, Lurker said: It's highly unlikely to make it over the falls. It will just break up and sink to the bottom of the upper river. It's really deteriorated in the past two years. Here's the history of the scow: http://www.niagarafrontier.com/scow.html The link you provided is part of a website devoted to history in and around Niagara Falls, all done by an amateur historian. Truly a labour of love on his part. He made weekly visits to the Niagara Tunnel Project, documenting the progress of that 10 kilometre tunnel as it was built in 2006-2013. 1
plenzmd1 Posted November 5, 2019 Posted November 5, 2019 14 hours ago, Greybeard said: Folklore has it that when one of the men was rescued, his hair had turned white overnight. Maybe tomorrow, barge goes to falls, in a few thousand years, falls goes to barge. ocouple of things that struck me in the article posted above 1) I grew up in the Falls, never heard of a Pennsylvania Street! 2) Those crazy mofo's went right back to work the next day on the river again..no freaking way could i do that!
Lurker Posted November 5, 2019 Posted November 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: The link you provided is part of a website devoted to history in and around Niagara Falls, all done by an amateur historian. Truly a labour of love on his part. He made weekly visits to the Niagara Tunnel Project, documenting the progress of that 10 kilometre tunnel as it was built in 2006-2013. Yep. Niagara Falls has such a fascinating history. It's such a shame that the U.S. side has become a ****hole over the last few decades...
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