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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IAA_buried-railway-trestle-and-buried-gorge_Niagara-Falls-Ontario.html
The cut stone markers are the ends of a buried steel trestle that carried the tracks of the Niagara Falls Park and River Railway. It spanned the ravine created by Bowman's Creek which eroded the soft glacial debris of the buried gorge of a pre-gla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I96_niagara-falls-park-and-river-railway_Niagara-Falls-Ontario.html
The Niagara River Recreation Trail at this point is laid along the former double-track roadbed of the Niagara Falls Park and River Railway. From 1892 to 1932, before there was an auto route along the gorge, this electric railway carried millions o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I7H_thompson-point_Niagara-Falls-Ontario.html
This depression was the site in the early 1800's where John Thompson quarried the exposed limestone ridge at the edge of the gorge, and processed it into agricultural lime. There were two lime kilns and a water-powered sawmill on the site which ex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I7G_niagara-spanish-aero-car_Niagara-Falls-Ontario.html
Leonardo Torres Quevedo (1852-1936) was an ingenious Spanish engineer. Among his creations were algebraic machines, remote control devices, dirigibles and the world's first computer.
The Niagara Spanish Aero Car was designed by Leonardo Tores …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HYY_floral-clock_Niagara-Falls-Ontario.html
The Floral Clock at Queenston was built by Ontario Hydro in 1950. The idea to build the attraction came from Dr. Richard Lankaster Heam, Hydro's General Manager and Chief Engineer at the time. While preparing for a business trip to England, Mr. He…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HXK_the-inukshuk_Niagara-Falls-Ontario.html
The inukshuk (pronounced IN-OOK-SHOOK) means "in the image of man." These magnificent lifelike figures of stone erected by the Inuit people are unique to the Canadian Arctic. The traditional purpose of an Inukshuk was to act as a guide f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HTN_church-of-the-holy-trinity_Niagara-Falls-Ontario.html
A frame church was built here following the arrival in 1820 of an Anglican missionary, the Reverend William Leeming. It was burned on the night of September 12-13, 1839, by supporters of William Lyon Mackenzie who crossed the Niagara River from Ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HLB_thomas-baker-mcquesten_Niagara-Falls-Ontario.html
Thomas Baker McQuesten was born in Hespeler, Ontario June 30, 1882. In 1934 he was appointed Minister of Highways and Public Works for the Province of Ontario and Chairman of the Niagara Parks Commission. He served in both positions for ten years.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HBS_table-rock-house_Niagara-Falls-Ontario.html
The first Table Rock House stood 150 yards north of here. Erected in the year 1853, it occupied a site opposite the historical landmark of Table Rock, an overhanging limestone ledge which fell into the Niagara Gorge in the year 1850.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HBA_jose-maria-heredia_Niagara-Falls-Ontario.html
Cuban poet and patriot who sang to Niagara and, as José Martí said, awakened "an ever-burning passion for freedom" in the hearts of all Cubans.
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