McIntyre's Wharf during Ice Jam of 1909.
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- The Ice Jam of April 1909 occurred when seven miles of ice came over the Falls and down the Niagara River. Towers of ice up to forty feet high were recorded; wharfs(like McIntyre's Wharf shown here in this picture), were pushed off their piles and newspapers reported hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage to property along the riverbank.
- Date of Publication
- 1909
- Local identifier
- 984.5.255
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.25012 Longitude: -79.06627
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Niagara Historical Society MuseumEmail:contact@niagarahistorical.museum
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