Flood-Lighting Niagara Falls 



A battery of incandescent lamps which play upon Niagara's waters. With these lamps 

 Niagara is to be brought out of the night and bathed in electric radiance 



ILLUMINATING Niagara Falls at 

 iiit;ht by artificial sunlight is the 

 aniliitious scheme now occupying the 

 attention of proininent engineers and 

 the officials of Niagara h'alls, New York, 

 who have authorized an expenditure of 

 ten thousand dollars for the project. 



For several nights a battery of twenty- 

 five flood-lights was turned on the 

 American Falls and the rapids of the 

 Niagara River, to the great delight of 

 thousands. Indeed, the effect was so 

 successful as to exceed the expectations 

 of the pronKjters. It is now planned to 

 double the number of lamps in service 

 and from time to time to enlarge the 

 battery as new lighting effects arc 

 desired. 



In illuminating the waterf.ill al iii;.^lil 

 the light is |)rojected from an ingenious 

 patented relleclor, wiiich siiri'ads bi-ams 

 of pure, yellow light which \ery cioseU' 

 rcseml)lcs Miniighl upon the curtain of 

 falling water and mist. An ailislic 

 realistic effect is produced, which would 

 be unattainable l)y any other means. 

 With this system of llood-ligliling. 



receiving its power from the Falls them- 

 selves, there is no dark center or wing- 

 shadow in the light beam. The Falls are 

 smoothly and softh" lighted. On the 

 other hand, the beam is powerful enough 

 to penetrate the densest parts of the 

 rolling mist. 



Strange as it may seem, the Falls are 

 thus illuminated not by electric arcs, 

 but by incandescent lamps. This 

 achievement was made jiossible by the 

 gas-tilled lamp, remarkable for its re- 

 newing i^roperties. It is a one thou- 

 sand-watt one hundred and ten-volt 

 tungsten lamp, which is filled with an 

 inert gas, such as nitrogen or argon. 

 Such lamps arc now competing success- 

 fully with arcs in street -lighting. The 

 rcllectors used al the l-.iUs are as true 

 parabolas as it is possible to make thom 

 c<)mmerciall>-, and they gi\ e a |)o\viTfully 

 roiui'iilraled lu'am of light rated at one 

 hundred and hft>' thousand candlepower 

 in the center of the beam, when used as a 

 llood-lamp, and as high as five Inmdred 

 thousand camlli'powi'r when they are 

 (•mploy(>(l as a .searchlight. 



JHI 



