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The Niagara Scow
View of the Toronto Power House with the scow in the background, 1922

The Niagara Scow (also called the Old Scow or Iron Scow) is the unofficial name of the wreck of a small scow that brought two men perilously close to plunging over the Horseshoe Falls, the largest of the Niagara Falls, in 1918. The wreck can still be seen, upstream of the falls.

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Niagara Scow

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43.07306; -79.07083 The Niagara Scow (also called the Old Scow or Iron Scow) is the unofficial name of the wreck of a small scow that brought two men perilously...

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Scow

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Adventures of Tugboat Annie), dredging (see Niagara Scow) as well as general estuarine cargos. Sailing scows have significant advantages over traditional...

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Niagara Falls

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Centenary of the Iron Scow Rescue". City of Niagara Falls. July 19, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2019. Strand, Ginger (2009). Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power...

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Niagara Parks Commission

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1918 during the Niagara Scow incident "Niagara Parks Attractions". Clifton Hill Resorts. Retrieved 2010-07-23. "People Mover Buses". Niagara Parks Commission...

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List of people who have gone over Niagara Falls

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Thousands of people have gone over Niagara Falls, either intentionally (as stunts or suicide attempts) or accidentally. The first recorded person to survive...

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Breeches buoy

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rescue Manby mortar – 19th-century sea rescue device Niagara Scow – Shipwreck upstream of Niagara Falls Volunteer Life Brigade – forerunners of today Auxiliary...

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Niagara River

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The Niagara River (/naɪˈæɡərə/) flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, forming part of the border between Ontario, Canada, to the west, and New York...

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Lelawala

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the Mist. Henry Hadley composed a cantata entitled Lelawala: A Legend of Niagara in 1898, in which the maiden Lelawala sacrifices herself to appease the...

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USS Sunbeam III

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falls was 80 feet long, whereas this vessel was only 52 feet in length. Niagara Scow Both the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history...

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Erie Stone

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Gendron described the sources of these stones as being at the base of Niagara Falls and that a local Native American group settled there and traded this...

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Lake Ontario

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language, the name Ontarí'io means "great lake". Its primary inlet is the Niagara River from Lake Erie. The last in the Great Lakes chain, Lake Ontario serves...

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Battle of Queenston Heights

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an American attempt to establish a foothold on the Canadian side of the Niagara River before campaigning ended with the onset of winter. The decisive battle...

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Durham boat

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favorite was the Schenectady boat, called the Durham boat, a broad shallow scow, about fifty feet long, steered by a sweep oar forty feet long, and pushed...

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List of folk songs by Roud number

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"Klondike", "When the Ice Worms Nest Again" 4528. "The Jones Boys" 4529. "The Scow on Cowden Shore" 4530. "A Noble Fleet of Sealers" 4531. "A Fenian Song' 4532...

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Brig

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sufficiently to be not able to chase Mercury and disengaging the battle. USS Niagara captained by commander Oliver Hazard Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie,...

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List of shipwrecks of western Lake Superior

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Retrieved October 28, 2019. "Unknown Scow (B)". Wisconsin Shipwrecks. Retrieved October 28, 2019. "Unknown Scow (C)". Wisconsin Shipwrecks. Retrieved...

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Great Blue Hole

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Lumberman M HMS M2 HMCS Mackenzie Madeira SMS Markgraf SS Marquette Mayflower (scow) Mikhail Lermontov Maine Maloja HMS Maori SS Maori SS Margaret Olwill Marguerite...

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Cenote

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Lumberman M HMS M2 HMCS Mackenzie Madeira SMS Markgraf SS Marquette Mayflower (scow) Mikhail Lermontov Maine Maloja HMS Maori SS Maori SS Margaret Olwill Marguerite...

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HMHS Britannic

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Lumberman M HMS M2 HMCS Mackenzie Madeira SMS Markgraf SS Marquette Mayflower (scow) Mikhail Lermontov Maine Maloja HMS Maori SS Maori SS Margaret Olwill Marguerite...

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Great Barrier Reef

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Lumberman M HMS M2 HMCS Mackenzie Madeira SMS Markgraf SS Marquette Mayflower (scow) Mikhail Lermontov Maine Maloja HMS Maori SS Maori SS Margaret Olwill Marguerite...

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SS Torrey Canyon

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Lumberman M HMS M2 HMCS Mackenzie Madeira SMS Markgraf SS Marquette Mayflower (scow) Mikhail Lermontov Maine Maloja HMS Maori SS Maori SS Margaret Olwill Marguerite...

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