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Looks like the Whirlpool Bridge.

Note the dual gauge track, the wider Provincial Gauge of the Great Western Railway of Canada, and the Standard 56.5 inch gauge of the American railways. Now almost all railways are four feet, eight and a half inches between the rails.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Railroad Semaphore Signals of the World, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

The RMS 'Niagara' (launched 1912, Union Steamship Company) was nicknamed "the Titanic of the Pacific", but after the sinking of the real RMS Titanic this was dropped in favour of "Queen of the Pacific", according to wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Niagara . Sunk by a German mine off New Zealand in 1940 with a huge secret amount of gold on board, most of which they managed to salvage. I am hoping Frederick Wilkinson took a photo of the stern of the 'Niagara' too. Trying to id a ship which I think is the 'Niagara' at Pier One, see comments here - And the unidentified liner photo - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=190056#

beachcomber australia Here you go! A pic of the stern of NIAGARA. What do you think? I think they look VERY similar, although the SLNSW image is a bit blurry.

Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons Thanks so much! No big deal in the exercise but it proves (imho) that the 'Niagara' was one of the first ships at Pier One in 1913 on her maiden voyage. One day a clear shot of that stern view will surface at State Records NSW with a totally wrong title ... I came across a reference to the 'Niagara' being in Woolwich Dock in 1913, ten years earlier than this photo, when she was "easily the largest vessel which has ever been docked in Australia." SMH 11/7/1913 p.10 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15434785

beachcomber australia Wow - the vessel does look pretty impressive size-wise. I am sure more photos will turn up as digitisation continues to grow!

I have visited the dock often and am really surprised that it could accommodate a ship of this size.

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This pic is absolutely awesome.

This is sooo cool. I don't remember seeing it look like this though.

In 1961 the Robert Mosses power project opened and....."Put very simply, we divert water from the Niagara River—up to 375,000 gallons a second" During summer months this translates to about half of the original flow of water being diverted before it even reaches the falls, In winter months (off peak tourism) as little as one quarter of the original flow makes it's way over the falls. Generations have never seen the majestic falls at it's full splendor. Quote source - www.nypa.gov/facilities/niagara.htm

Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo llamado "T Flickr"__Turismo Tourism Tourisme y nos encantaría agregar esto al grupo.