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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  Niagara 
  gorge^ 
  (approximate): 
  

   Opposite 
  the 
  extreme 
  west 
  end 
  of 
  Goat 
  island, 
  and 
  

  

  just 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  Horseshoe 
  falls 
  

   Opposite 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  fall 
  

   Opposite 
  inclined 
  railway 
  

   Between 
  carriage 
  and 
  railroad 
  bridges, 
  narrowest 
  

  

  point 
  midway 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  

   Just 
  south 
  of 
  railroad 
  bridges 
  

   Gorge 
  of 
  the 
  whirlpool 
  rapids 
  

   loo 
  rods 
  south 
  of 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  whirlpool 
  

   Same 
  at 
  water 
  line 
  

   Inlet 
  to 
  whirlpool 
  

   Same 
  at 
  water 
  line 
  

   Outlet 
  of 
  whirlpool 
  

   Same 
  at 
  water 
  line 
  

   South 
  of 
  Ongiara 
  park 
  

   Just 
  south 
  of 
  Wintergreen 
  flat 
  

   River 
  opposite 
  Foster's 
  flats 
  (bottorn) 
  

   Just 
  south 
  of 
  Foster's 
  flats 
  (top) 
  

   North 
  of 
  Devil's 
  hole 
  

   At 
  the 
  tunnel 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Central 
  railroad 
  

  

  (plate 
  12) 
  

   Average 
  width 
  below 
  Lewiston 
  

  

  ^Chiefly 
  after 
  Taylor. 
  Bui, 
  geol- 
  soc. 
  Am. 
  9 
  : 
  61-65. 
  Top 
  width 
  is 
  given 
  

   unless 
  otherwise 
  stated. 
  

  

  1250 
  fe 
  

  

  ie 
  

  

  1700 
  

  

  i( 
  

  

  1350 
  

  

  ii 
  

  

  )oo-i35o 
  

  

  « 
  

  

  ' 
  950 
  

  

  (( 
  

  

  700-750 
  

  

  i( 
  

  

  1200 
  

  

  ii 
  

  

  850 
  

  

  i 
  

  

  1000 
  

  

  i 
  

  

  550 
  

  

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  900 
  

  

  < 
  

  

  450 
  

  

  le 
  

  

  1300 
  * 
  

  

  ( 
  

  

  1600 
  

  

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  300 
  ' 
  

  

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  1700 
  ' 
  

  

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  1300 
  ' 
  

  

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  ' 
  

  

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