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Visitors May Wonder How Niagara Falls Came To Be The Site Of Magnificent Bridges, A Famous Cereal Factory, And A Picturesque New York State Reservation Designed By Frederick Law Olmsted. Although Many Have Always Admired The Natural Splendor Of The Falls, William Irwin Explains That It Was Not Until The Mid-1800s That Niagara Truly Captured The American Imagination. With The Coming Of John Roebling's Railway Suspension Bridge In 1855 Came The Promise Of A New Niagara, One In Which Nature And Technology Could Flourish In Harmony. Although Some Saw The Transformation Of Niagara Falls As A National Shame, For Many Others It Stimulated Utopian Visions Of A Great Modern America. Tourists Flocked To A Place That Showcased Both The Beauty Of Nature And The Marvels Of Technology. Companies Such As Shredded Wheat (later Absorbed By Nabisco) Fed On The Public's Expectations Of Novel And Revolutionary Progress At Niagara. The Shredded Wheat Factory And The Niagara Power Company Became Tourist Attractions In Their Own Right. Some Developers Went So Far As To Claim That Their Works Exceeded Niagara's Natural Beauty. By Taking Us Back To A Period When Niagara Falls Was Appreciated As Much For It

Author

Irwin, William R.

Publisher

University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780271015934

Subjects

History, Humanities