The Buffalo & Niagara Falls Railroad
…empowered to absorb all rights, privileges and franchises belonging to the Buffalo and Black Rock Railroad Company, which had been built and was being operated by horse power. The Buffalo…
Clifton Railway Station
…Department Store) built as the main train depot for the Canadian Southern Railroad. It was opened to the public on January 13th 1884. The Clifton Depot was demolished in 1941….
The Carillon Tower
…until completion of construction in April of 2001. The Carillon is played daily from at: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. 6 p.m. to 7 p.m….
Niagara Falls, USA Streetcars
…Buffalo and Niagara Falls Electric Railway. Service along this electric railway line began in 1895. A trip between Niagara Falls and Buffalo took nearly two hours to complete. The line…
Brock’s Monument
…off. Upon falling to the ground, the arm broke into three large pieces weighing one thousand pounds. Scaffolding was built around the tower to the very top to allow workers…
Biddle Staircase
…a large boulder to fall into the gorge next to Biddle’s Staircase nearly destroying this attraction. Biddle Staircase remained in operation for 98 years, before finally being demolished in 1927….
The History of the Maid of the Mist
…large ferry boat service was short lived by the completion of the First International Bridge. The Maid of the Mist had to take up the role as a tourist sightseeing…
Street’s Cedar Island Pagoda
…by Charles Robinson. The tower was too far from the brink of the Falls to offer a good view and too far from regular path of tourists to become successful….
The Oakes Garden Theatre
…1933, Mr. Oakes traded this 460 feet by 330 feet piece of land to the Niagara Parks Commission for a small tract of land just above the park. Oakes Garden…
Moose Tower Observatory
…bitter court battle. The Moose Tower at Prospect Point was moved to St. Louis and re-erected for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition. This tower was also used by Marconi to…