Niagara Sentence Examples

Of these the largest is the cataract of Niagara, about 1 m.

When his purpose became known to the Masons, Morgan was subjected to frequent annoyances, and finally in September 1826 he was seized and surreptitiously conveyed to Fort Niagara, whence he disappeared.

Niagara river, connecting lakes Erie and Ontario, with a fall of 326 ft.

Lovejoy at Niagara Falls, who passed atmospheric air, or air enriched with oxygen, about a high tension arc made as long as possible; but the company (the Atmospheric Products Company) was a failure.

Electric power for its factories is furnished by Niagara Falls.

The water-supply comes from the Niagara river.

The New York fisheries of Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Niagara and St Lawrence rivers yielded products in 1903 valued at $187,198 and consisting largely of pikeperch, herring, catfish, bullheads and sturgeon, and in 1902 there were commercial fisheries in sixteen interior lakes and rivers which yielded muscallonge, smelt, bullheads, pickerel, pike-perch and several other varieties having a total value of $87,897.

In Castner's process (as employed at Oldbury and Niagara Falls and in Germany) fused caustic soda is electrolysed.

This is a ferm of relief frequently occurring elsewhere, as in the Niagara cuesta of the Great Lake district of the northern United States and in the Cotswold and Chiltern hills of England, typical examples of the cuesta class.

The chief upland belt or cuesta is formed by the firm Niagara limestone, which takes its name from the gorge and falls cut through the upland by the Niagara river.

As in all such forms, the Niagara cuesta has a relatively strong slope or infacing escarpment on the side towards the oldland, and a long gentle slope on the other side.

The arrangement of the Great Lakes is thus seen to he closely synipathetic with the course of the lowlands worn on the two belts of weaker strata on either side of the Niagara cuesta; Ontario, Georgian Bay and Green Bay occupy depressions in the lowland on the inner side of the cuesta; Erie, Huron and Michigan lie in depressions in the lowland on the outer side.

This ridge extends, with breaks, from Sodus to the Niagara river, and is distant from the lake 3 to 8 m.

The low ground between it and the shore, and between the Niagara escarpment and the water on the Canadian shore, is a celebrated fruit growing district, covered with vineyards, peach, apple and pear orchards and fruit farms. The Niagara river is the main feeder of the lake; the other largest rivers emptying into the lake are the Genesee, Oswego and Black from the south side, and the Trent, which discharges into the upper end of the bay of Quinte, a picturesque inlet 70 m.

The commerce of Lake Ontario is limited in comparison with that of the lakes above Niagara Falls, and is restricted to vessels 1?

A somewhat impure silicon (containing 90-98% of the element) is made by the Carborundum Company of Niagara Falls (United States Patents 745 122 and 842273, 1908) by heating coke and sand in an electric furnace.

Norway and Switzerland have become important producers of chemicals, and pastoral districts such as those in which Niagara or Foyers are situated manufacturing centres.

He took part in General James Abercrombie's disastrous campaign against Ticonderoga (1758), and in 1759 he was second in command in General John Prideaux's expedition against Fort Niagara, succeeding to the chief command on that officer's death, and capturing the fort.

In the south-eastern part of the city is the headquarters of the Oneida Community, which controls important industries here, at Niagara Falls, and elsewhere.

Of these the most notable is the Niagara escarpment which extends eastward from Canada, past Lewiston and Lockport, - a downward step from the Erie to the Ontario plain, where the Niagara limestone outcrops, and its resistance to denudation accounts for the steeply rising face at the boundary between the two plains.

Many of the waterfalls of New York, but notably Niagara, are used as a source of power.

Niagara Falls and New York City manufacture a large part of the chemicals, and the value of the state's output rose to $29,090,484 in 1905.

In the first year of the war (1755) expeditions set out against Fort Duquesne (on the site of Pittsburg) and Fort Niagara and Crown Point, on the New York frontier.

Victory followed victory, Ticonderoga, Crown Point and Niagara were wrested from the French and New York was freed of its foes.

During the war New Yorkers served with the regular troops at Niagara, Plattsburg and other places on the western and northern frontiers of the state.

The city is served by the New York Central & Hudson River, the Wabash, the Erie, the Lehigh Valley, the West Shore and the Michigan Central railways, and by the International Electric railway and the Niagara, St Catharines & Toronto (electric) railway.

The principal buildings of the city are the Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, the Federal Building and the Niagara Falls Power Co.

The city has a Carnegie library, De Veaux College (Protestant Episcopal, chartered in 1853), and Niagara University, a Roman Catholic institution, founded in 1856 by the priests of the Congregation of the Mission and incorporated in 1863 as the Seminary of Our Lady of Angels, a name still used for the theological department, but displaced, since the charter of the university in 1883, by the present name.

Niagara Falls is an important manufacturing city; the value of the factory products increased from $8,540,184 in 1900 to $16,915,786 in 1905, or 98.1%.

The village of Niagara Falls was for a time called Manchester.

In 1892 the village of Suspension Bridge (formerly Niagara City) was joined with it under a city charter, which has been frequently amended.

When the two lowlands are traced eastward they become confluent after the Niagara limestone has faded away in central New York, and the single lowland is continued under the name of Mohawk Valley, an east-west longitudinal depression that has been eroded on a belt of relatively weak strata between the resistant crystalline rocks of the Adirondacks on the north and the northern escarpment of the Appalachian plateau (Catskills-Helderbergs) on the south; forming a pathway of great historic and economic importance between the Atlantic seaports and the interior.

The occurrence of the lake basins in the lowland belts on either side of the Niagara cuesta is an abnormal feature, not to be explained by ordinary erosion, which can produce only valleys.

On some of these channels deep gorges were eroded heading in temporary cataracts which exceeded Niagara in height but not in breadth; the pools excavated by the plunging waters at the head of the gorges are now occupied by little lakes.

The middle portion contains much limestone, generally known as the Niagara limestone, and is mtich more widespread than the lower, being found very generally over the eastern interior, as far west as the Mississippi and in places somewhat beyond.

The Niagara limestone contains the oldest known coral reefs of the continent.

They occur in eastern Wisconsin and at other points farther east and south, It is over this limestone that the Niagara falls in the world-famous cataract.

They give some clue to the amount of erosion which the system has suffered, and also afford a clue to the route by which the animals whose fossils are found in the United States entered this country., Thus, the Niagara fauna of the interior of the United States has striking resemblances to the mid-Silurian fatinasof Sweden and Great Britain.

Power from Niagara Falls is used by factories in the city, and the manufactures are extensive and greatly diversified.

The best example of this is the familiar one of the St Lawrence, which may be said to begin as Nipigon river and to take the names St Mary's, St Clair, Detroit and Niagara, before finally flowing from Lake Ontario to the sea under its proper name.

The St Lawrence system, for instance, generates many thousand horse-power at Sault Ste Marie, Niagara and the Lachine rapids.

She continued her work of building a line of forts on the great lakes - on the river Niagara, on the Ohio, on the Mississippi; and the English colonies, with the enemy thus in their rear, grew ever more restive.

The struggle was most vigorous on the Niagara frontier.

He especially owed his celebrity and fortune to his idea of crossing Niagara Falls on a tight-rope, i ioo f t.

Among the social clubs the Buffalo, the University, the Park, the Saturn and the Country clubs, and among the hotels the Iroquois, Lafayette, Niagara and Genesee, may be especially mentioned.

The city is lighted by electricity generated by the water power of Niagara Falls, and by manufactured gas.

Near here, on the east bank of the Niagara river at the mouth of Cayuga Creek, La Salle in 1679 built his ship the "Griffin," and at the mouth of the river built Fort Conti, which, however, was burned in the same year.

In 1687 marquis de Denonville built at the mouth of the river a fort which was named in his honour and was the predecessor of the fortifications on or near the same site successively called Fort Niagara; and the neighbourhood was the scene of military operations up to the close of the War of Independence.

The name of Buffalo Creek or Buffalo, however, proved more popular; the village became the county-seat of Niagara county in 1808, and two years later the town of Buffalo was erected.

Upon the outbreak of the second war with Great Britain, Buffalo and the region about Niagara Falls became a centre of active military operations; directly across the Niagara river was the British Fort Erie.

Their attack on the Niagara peninsula led to hot fighting at Chippewa (July 5) and Lundy's Lane (July 25), the first a success for the Americans, the second a drawn battle.

The burning by the American general McClure, on the 10th of December 1813, of Newark(Niagara on the Lake), for which severe retaliation was taken at Buffalo, was made the excuse for much destruction.

By 1888 Hall was at work on a commercial scale at Pittsburg, reducing German alumina; in 1891 the plant was removed to New Kensington for economy in fuel, and was gradually enlarged to 150o h.p.; in 1894 a factory driven by water was erected at Niagara Falls, and subsequently works were established at Shawenegan in Canada and at Massena in the United States.

Probably the most important application of turbines to the generation of power on a great scale is that at Niagara Falls.

The water is tapped off from the river Niagara about 1 m.

The south-western part is naturally divided into two tracts by the Niagara escarpment, a line of cliffs capped by hard Silurian limestones, running from Queenston Heights near the falls of Niagara west to the head of Lake Ontario near Hamilton, and then northwest to the Bruce Peninsula on Georgian Bay.

The Niagara escarpment mentioned above, generally called "the mountain" in Ontario, is the cause of waterfalls on all the rivers which plunge over it, Niagara Falls being, of course, the most important; and in most cases these falls have eaten their way back into the tableland, forming deep gorges or canyons like that below Niagara itself, through which the water pours as violent rapids.

Niagara Falls, with rapids above and below, carry the waters of the upper lakes over the Niagara escarpment.

Thereafter for almost twenty years, Ontario was traversed only by wandering bands of trappers, chiefly belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company; but in 1782 bands of American loyalists began to occupy the fertile country along the Bay of Quinte, and in the Niagara peninsula, the first settlement being made in 1782 at Kingston.

He joined the committee for the defence of Governor Eyre in 1867; he also wrote in 1867 an article upon " shooting Niagara," that is, upon the tendency of the Reform Bill of that year; and in 1870 he wrote a letter defending the German case against France.

He went back to Massachusetts as governor in 1753; led an unsuccessful expedition against Fort Niagara in 1755, and after the death of General Edward Braddock (1755) until June 1756 was commander-inchief of all the British forces in America.

This process is carried on at Niagara Falls, but it is uncertain to what extent.

From Detroit he hurried to the Niagara frontier, but on the 13th of October in the same year was killed at the battle of Queenston Heights.

Long distance electrical transmission had been before that time exemplified in the great scheme of utilizing the falls of Niagara.

At the Shoshone Falls the river makes a sudden plunge of nearly 200 ft., and the Falls have been compared with the Niagara and Zambezi; a short distance back of the main fall is a cataract of 125 ft., the Bridal Veil.

The following March he went to Canada and Niagara, and then made his way westwards.

A year later Governor Simcoe transferred the seat of government of the new province of Upper Canada from the town of Newark at the mouth of the Niagara River to Toronto, giving the new capital the name of York, in honour of the second son of George III.

Burlingame accepted the challenge and specified rifles as the weapons to be used; his second chose Navy Island, above the Niagara Falls, and in Canada, as the place for the meeting.

In July 1813 he was commissioned brigadier-general in the regular army, and in January 1814 he was promoted major-general and succeeded General James Wilkinson in command of the forces at Niagara.

In the campaign of 1759 Amherst's own share was the capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, while Fort Niagara fell to another column, and Quebec was taken by Wolfe.

The chasm extends the whole breadth of the river and is more than twice the depth of Niagara, varying from 256 ft.

Unlike Niagara the water does not fall into an open basin but is arrested at a distance of from 80 to 240 ft.

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Rather than breaking her limbs like rag doll back flipping over Niagara she doggy paddles back to safety in 20 seconds flat.

Rochester, located on the southern shore of the Great Lake Ontario, is just 90 minutes east of Niagara Falls.

Our committee is now pondering our fate including the possibility of moving to Niagara Falls to tap into the summer tourist market.

Trying to introduce new approaches in the beleaguered education system is about as effective as shooting a water pistol up the Niagara Falls.

Figure 2. The Sortex Niagara color sorter processing Chardonnay grapes at an Australian winery.

C. McLennan (59) observing near the foot of Niagara found A only about one-sixth as large as at Toronto.

Again the ships returned to the rendezvous and made another splice, and again there was a break after the " Agamemnon " had paid out 146 m., and then the " Agamemnon," after again returning to the meeting-place in the vain hope that the " Niagara " might have returned there also, made for Queenstown, where she found her consort had arrived nearly a week previously.

The most definite are connected with estimates of the time since the last glacial epoch, and are calculated from the amount and rate of recession of certain falls, notably those of the Niagara and Mississippi (St Anthony Falls) rivers.

The chief events of the year 1893 were my trip to Washington during the inauguration of President Cleveland, and visits to Niagara and the World's Fair.

We went to Niagara in March, 1893.

It seems strange to many people that I should be impressed by the wonders and beauties of Niagara.

In reading this letter about Niagara one should remember that Miss Keller knows distance and shape, and that the size of Niagara is within her experience after she has explored it, crossed the bridge and gone down in the elevator.

This was the surprise--I was to have the pleasure of taking my dear teacher to see Niagara Falls!...

You can never imagine how I felt when I stood in the presence of Niagara until you have the same mysterious sensations yourself.

When she is in a new place, especially an interesting place like Niagara, whoever accompanies her--usually, of course, Miss Sullivan--is kept busy giving her an idea of visible details.

In Niagara, Monroe is a full-fledged sex goddess, a scheming wife tormenting husband Joseph Cotten in their cabin by the falls.

The Niagara Falls outlet mall, commonly known as the Fashion Outlets of Niagra Falls, is an outlet center that focuses mainly on clothing and accessories for women, men and children.

If you are taking a vacation near Niagara Falls and want to enjoy discounted shopping or need to buy a last-minute dress or piece of clothing, the Niagara Falls outlet mall is a convenient choice.

The mall's address is 1900 Military Road, Niagara Falls, New York, 14304.

Once you get near the exit, just follow the signs for the Niagara Falls Outlet Mall.

The outlet mall at Niagara Falls offers a few amenities you should take advantage of.

The Niagara Falls Mall is a convenient mall located within minutes of the Majestic Falls and various casinos and hotels in the area.

At the Niagara Falls, Canada location, the Ferris wheel from Steven Spielberg's film, 1941 is suspended from the ceiling.

Crystal Beach amusement park was located near Ridgeway, Ontario on the Canadian shore of Lake Erie, just a few miles west of Buffalo, New York and south of Niagara Falls.

Niagara Falls is well known as an aquatastic attraction, but now you can make a splash indoors as well if you visit Fallsview Indoor Water Park.

Fallsview is an indoor water park located in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Making a splash is what most visitors to Niagara Falls want to do, but you don't have to tempt the legendary waterfalls to enjoy the water.

Included in the design are the Empire State Building, Niagara Falls and Manhattan offered from Mill Street Design.

If you've ever seen some of the Hawaiian falls or Niagara, you'll understand.

Niagara Falls is a top vacation site in the United States that is known as one of the world's leading honeymoon spots.

Around 12,000 years ago, the earth shifted and created the two spectacular waterfalls that form Niagara Falls.

Bordered by the United States and Canada, visitors can stay in the United States or head over the border for a taste of all that Ontario has to offer when visiting Niagara Falls.

Located within half an hour of Buffalo, New York, Niagara Falls is easy to reach by train, airplane, or car.

Buffalo Niagara International Airport is easily accessible with flights arriving and departing regularly.

Tourists wanting to cross the border to the Canadian side of Niagara Falls should be aware of a few things.

This means a hotel in Niagara Falls on the Canadian side that charges $75 per night will equal about $65 American dollars.

Niagara Falls is comprised of 200 acres of protected land.

The Aquarium of Niagara offers a wide array of marine life for viewing and examining.

The popular Maid Of The Mist tour takes tourists on a close-up ride of Niagara Falls.

For those more adventurous souls, take a tethered helium balloon ride over Niagara and experience the area from a wildly different viewpoint.

Niagara Falls offers far more than a tourist could ever imagine.

Niagara Falls activities for families are numerous and varied.

When thinking of Niagara Falls activities, people tend to think of fast moving water and honeymooning couples.

Sadly, these misconceptions keep families from heading to Niagara Falls for family vacations.

The truth is, Niagara Falls offers a hotbed of activity for children of all ages.

There is plenty to see and do while in Niagara Falls.

Located on Whirlpool Street in Niagara Falls, New York, the Aquarium of Niagara offers family fun for an affordable price.

Artpark is an outdoor amphitheater that overlooks the Niagara River Gorge.

More daring souls will love the tethered ride about Niagara Falls.

From that vantage point, guests see the Niagara Falls and its surrounding town from a new vantage point.

Maid Of The Mist is the most popular of all the Niagara Falls activities for families.

The Niagara Aerospace Museum is the perfect solution to pleasing older boys.

If airplanes interest a families' child, the Niagara Aerospace Museum needs to be added to a tourists' must-do list.

Located right in Niagara Falls, Stranges' House Of Wax is free to children.

There is a wide array of Niagara Falls activities.

When visiting Niagara Falls, make sure to plan for some of the more offbeat sites and activities.

The Niagara Falls hotel options for families are endless.

Tourists looking into Niagara Falls hotel options should consider both sides of the border.

At $90 a night during the summer months, this is a reasonably priced Niagara Falls hotel.

Embassy Suites Hotel Niagara Falls "Family Fun" package cannot be topped.

This Niagara Falls hotel is located on the Canadian side and offers one of the greatest deals in town for the mere price of $135 a night.

Located on the New York side of Niagara Falls, Howard Johnson Closest To The Falls offers the classic Howard Johnson deal-kids stay free.

At a little over $50 a night, guests will find this Niagara Falls hotel is one of the cheapest in the area.

Located within walking distance to Niagara Falls and many top restaurants, children will appreciate the short distances from one attraction to another.

One of the best Niagara Falls hotel options for families is the Radisson Hotel and Suites Fallsview.

Located within walking distance to many of Niagara Falls' top attractions, the Radisson Hotel & Suites Fallsview is sure to please.

Niagara Falls hotel options for families include a wide array of hotels on both the New York side and the Canadian side.

Located on the New York side of Niagara Falls, Howard Johnson Closest To The Falls offers the classic Howard Johnson deal-"Kids Stay Free."

Among the best Niagara Falls hotel options for families is the Imperial Hotel and Suites.

When thinking of Niagara Falls activities, people tend to think of fast moving water and honeymooning couples, not Niagara Falls activities for families.

One of the most interesting Niagara Falls activities for families is the Aquarium of Niagara.

Maid Of The Mist is the most popular of all the Niagara Falls activities.

Outside of New York City, you'll find peaceful mountain aeries, fascinating natural wonders such as Niagara Falls, cultural meccas like Chautauqua, and wonderful wineries along the Great Lakes and in the Finger Lakes region.

One of the most visited spots in New York is Niagara Falls.

For those looking to combine a bit of sightseeing while working on their swing, then the 2010 Niagara Falls Golf "Stay & Play" package may be a deal too good to pass up.

Playing for two time champions The New York Majesty, (formerly the New York Euphoria, whose name was given to New England), Krystal Gray is 23 years old and hails from Niagara Falls, New York.

Lake Erie sits north of Ohio for a long stretch so to get into Canada going east; he'd enter in New York State, around Niagara Falls.

The shore end was landed in Valentia Harbour on the 5th of August, and next morning paying out was started by the " Niagara," to which the laying of the first half had been entrusted.

The manufacture of the cable, begun early in the following year, was finished in June, and before the end of July it was stowed partly in the American ship " Niagara " and partly in decided to begin paying out in mid-ocean, the two vessels, after splicing together the ends of the cable they had on board, sailing away from each other in opposite directions.

The " Niagara " landed her end in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, on the 5th of August, while on the same day the " Agamemnon" landed hers at Valentia.

A marked feature of the topography of the south shore is what is known as the Lake ridge, or, as it approaches the Niagara river, the Mountain ridge.

Westward from Clyde the new channel, like the old but larger, will pass through Rochester and Lockport to the Niagara river at Tonawanda.