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John1956PA

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1. ON EDIT: The scow has always been visible regardless of the river's water level.

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Sun Nov 3, 2019, 07:21 PM

Nov 2019

Last edited Tue Nov 5, 2019, 10:16 AM - Edit history (2)

In my post as it originally appeared, I mistakenly stated that the scow was not always visible due to fluctuations of the river's water level. In actuality, the scow has always been visible since the time it became moored on the rocks in 1918. Thanks goes to Dennis Donovan for pointing out my mistake.

I wish I had been aware of the history of the scow. I learned of it through the recent news stories about its movement following the Halloween evening storm.

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A boat got stranded in the rapids above Niagara Falls in 1918. Last week, it finally broke free. [View all] BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 OP

ON EDIT: The scow has always been visible regardless of the river's water level. John1956PA Nov 2019 #1

Okay but then BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #2

I agree. This historic relic should have been common knowledge all along. John1956PA Nov 2019 #3

Plus every year they show the falls and parts of that river "frozen over" BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #5

The scow wreck has always been visible, but there's a second wreck that's not always visible Dennis Donovan Nov 2019 #8

Thanks for correcting my mistake. The scow had indeed been visible regardless of the river level. John1956PA Nov 2019 #9

The upriver side was eroded by the force of the water Dennis Donovan Nov 2019 #10

I was going through my pics and I think I found it in one BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #11

Great Picture! Thanks for posting. John1956PA Nov 2019 #13

I have some pics from the Skylon Tower overlooking the falls BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #14

I took a pic of it in Late Nov of last year while on the CA side alittlelark Nov 2019 #4

Cool. I'm just curious where it was in relation to the falls before it relocated itself! BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #6

Found what I think is a pic of it after going through some of my photos BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #12

WaPo had a video clip history and Weather.com had the tweet with that video from Niagara Parks BumRushDaShow Nov 2019 #7