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Since the late nineteenth century, Niagara Falls has been heavily engineered to generate energy behind a flowing façade designed to appeal to tourists. Fixing Niagara Falls reveals the technological feats and cross-border politics that facilitated the transformation of one of the most important natural sites in North America. Daniel Macfarlane details how engineers, bureaucrats, and politicians conspired to manipulate the world's most famous waterfall. Essentially, they turned this natural wonder into a tap: huge tunnels divert the waters of the Niagara River around the Falls, which ebb and flow according to the tourism calendar. To hide the visual impact of diverting the majority of the water, the United States and Canada cooperated to install massive control works while reshaping and shrinking the Horseshoe Falls. This book offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective on how the Niagara landscape ultimately embodies both the power of technology and the power of nature.
Contents
Foreword: Iconic Falls, Contrived Landscapes, and Tantalizing Opportunities
Graeme Wynn
Introduction: Characterizing Niagara
1 Harnessing Niagara: Developments up to the Twentieth Century
2 Saving Niagara: Innovation and Change in the Early Twentieth Century
3 Negotiating Niagara: Environmental Diplomacy and the 1950 Treaty
4 Empowering Niagara: Diversions and Generating Stations
5 Disguising Niagara: The Horseshoe Falls Waterscape
6 Preserving Niagara: The American Falls Campaign
Conclusion: Fabricating Niagara
Notes; Bibliography; Index
