and their grandson,
Alex Jones
at Daredevil Museum and other places
July 24, 2011
at Daredevil Museum and other places
July 24, 2011
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and their grandson,
Alex Jones at Daredevil Museum and other places July 24, 2011 |
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| Below: Lee Duquette inspected
the barrel and its contents. |
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 The
infamous Bobby Leach plunged over the Falls in a steel barrel on July 25,
1911. Bobby broke both kneecaps and his jaw during his daring event. Years
later while touring in New Zealand, Bobby slipped on an orange peel and
died from complications due to gangrene ! (Maybe Annie,
Bobby and all people should think twice about plunging over the falls) |
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| The
inner tube wrapped barrel used by Steven Trotter in 1985. He was a Rhode
Island bartender and was fined $5,503. |
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| Niagara Falls Ontario residents
Peter De Bernardi and Jeffery
James Petkovich accomplished the first duo descent of the Falls on September
28, 1989. |
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Overcracker rode a jet ski over the brink of the Horseshoe Falls on October
1, 1995 to help promote awareness for the homeless. His parachute did not
open and Robert plunged to his death and his body was never
recovered. |
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Not all of the Niagara
Falls Daredevils are posted here, but there is more stuff below. |
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| Nikola Tesla,
an inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer was an important
contributor to the birth of commercial electricity, and is best known for
his many revolutionary developments in the field of electromagnetism in
the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tesla's patents and theoretical
work formed the basis of modern alternating current (AC) electric power
systems, including the polyphase system of electrical distribution and the
AC motor. His statue is located just outside the entrance to the Wind of
the Caves. |
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| Below: At the end of the tour, the bus driver called this the Turtle Building. The two RV Gypsies did not take the time to explore it further because they were focusing on things that Alex would enjoy. It is a former Native American Museum built in 1981. If viewed from the air it would look to be shaped like a turtle. the part shown below is the face. | |
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| Below; Lockport, New York and someone's mailbox, both sides of the mailbox were identical and resembled a Nikon camera. Since Karen Duquette was using a big Nikon camera on this trip, she found the mailbox interesting. | |
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| Below; The two RV Gypsies really enjoyed the Italian food at Molinaro's. It sure beats the Italian food in Florida!!!! | |
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Below: A building in the
campground, painted fairy tale style on all four sides |
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The sub-menu below has 9 sections of Niagara Falls in the USA that you may visit in any order you choose. The page you are on is not underlined and cannot be chosen from here. There is also a link to the Canadian side of Niagara Falls below, and a Flashback to 1968. |
| Daredevil Museum and more (this page) |
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