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NIAGARA FIREWORKS
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2008-12-03 09:41:36
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I was in Queen Victoria Park last Friday near the falls showing a few friends the illumination of the falls. I’ve seen it a million times but the lights on the falls still wow me, especially if you stand under the beams of light that shine above your head when you stand across from the tower (it was at one time the overflow tower for the water that backed up from the Ontario Power Plant, now abandoned, found at the edge of the Niagara River just below the falls) where the lights are found.
Anyway back to what I wanted to tell you. I hadn’t realized there was a fireworks display over the falls at this time of the year. I checked and learned that a Niagara Falls fireworks display takes place every Friday this month at 9 pm with the final display at the same time on January 2nd. It’s all part of the Winter Festival of Lights, an annual Niagara event that is now taking place.
A little known fact is that the huge light casings that hold the bulbs to light up the falls are the same casings that light up the skies over London during the Battle of Britain.
Here’s another tidbit. The nightly illumination is not only paid for by The Niagara Parks Commission but equal partners are the cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario and New York, The State Reservation of New York found in Niagara Falls, New York and Hydro One. The two main operators who change the lights each evening 365 days of the year, Peter Gordon and Dick Mann have been doing this almost as long as the lights have been existence. (only kidding guys). The lights were first put on the falls in June of 1925.
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joyce
Please tell me how they got the lights undre the falls, and was the water flowing when they did the work? Thank you
George Bailey
The lights that illuminate the falls are NOT found behind the falls. They are located on the Canadian side of the border opposite the falls and are projected onto the falls from there. I hope this explains how the falls are lite up each night year-round.
Tim
If you look at the photo carefully you can see the various colours of light being projected from the building at the bottom of the photo.
Hi, you have a great site! I also recommend this site: g1nou , thanks!
Hi, you have a great site! I also recommend this site: g1nou , thanks!
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