Industrial Niagara 



Long, Elias A. Niagara power; the utilization of the world's greatest 1889 

 waterfall for power purposes. . . . Buffalo: The Wemborne-Sumner Long 

 Co. (1889.) 



(A) scheme for the electrical utilization of Niagara. (Elec. wld., 1889 

 Feb. 9, 1889. 13:71-72.) 



A description of a plan for erecting vertical pipes behind the Falls to 

 catch the water and carry it downward to turbines directly connected with 

 lines of shafting in chambers excavated under the Falls. By this means it 

 was hoped to get the power without disfiguring the scenery. 



Utilizing Niagara Falls. (Elec. wld., Aug. 10, 1889. 14:88.) 1889 



A short description of the plan of the Niagara River Hydraulic Tunnel, 

 Power and Sewer Company for the construction of a subterranean tunnel 

 around the Falls from the upper river to the lower river. 



Utilizing the power of Niagara. Nation, Aug. 8, 1889. 1889 

 49:104-105.) 



The author holds that " the question of utilizing Niagara is one for 

 the skill of the engineer and not for the ingenuity of the inventor." He 

 points out that the " head " system is the only practicable one for Niagara 

 and discusses plans for securing head. 



WATTS, H. F. The Hamilton' plan for utilizing Niagara. (Elec. 1889 

 wld., Mar. 2, 1889. 13:133-134.) Watts 



"A criticism of Mr. Hamilton's plan, together with suggestions for the 

 improvement of its electrical points." 



1890 



Business men's association of Niagara Falls. The water-power of 1890 

 Niagara applied to manufacturing purposes; the hydraulic tunnel of the 

 Niagara Falls Power Company; an accurate description of one of the 

 greatest industrial undertakings of the age. (Buffalo: Matthews, 

 Northrup. 1890c.) 



Niagara, scenic, historical and industrial. 



The great tunnel at Niagara. (Power, Sept., 1890. 12:1-2.) 1890 



A description of the tunnel scheme and a bit of Niagara ancient 

 geological history. 



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