Niagara Falls Drained 1969 Bodies. On the riverbed observers spotted two sets of remains from a man and a woman who had each met their fate somewhere in the fearsome waters. Monday june 9th 1969 the first major safety problem occurred as workers from albert elia construction company of niagara falls new york pushed rocks and earth into the niagara river at the head of goat island to erect the 600 foot long cofferdam in order to divert the water.
In order to avoid that happening and to study the composition of the falls an american canadian commission decided that it was best to drain the falls for a total of five months. Incredible photos show niagara falls after they were drained in 1969 by rebecca spill 4 19 20 niagara falls is one of the most impressive and beautiful sights the natural world has to offer but people rarely think about what lies beneath the water. Extraordinary pictures show niagara falls when it was run dry in 1969 4 years ago once their engineering feat was complete the army allowed the water to freely flow and all was good with the world.
For six months in the summer and fall of 1969 niagara s american falls were de watered as the army corps of engineers conducted a geological survey of the falls rock face concerned that it was becoming destabilized by erosion.
Engineers diverted the flow of the niagara river away from the american side of the falls for several months. When crews shut down the falls in 1969 they found two bodies and millions of. Monday june 9th 1969 the first major safety problem occurred as workers from albert elia construction company of niagara falls new york pushed rocks and earth into the niagara river at the head of goat island to erect the 600 foot long cofferdam in order to divert the water. It s june 1969 and a team of engineers has succeeded in a herculean task.
