Huh. The US of the Falls has a hydro dam that keeps power production low during the day to keep the falls photogenic, and then cranks up production at night.
And, of course, there’s a backstory of land use and abuse (see below), which reminds of the similar controversy around Manitoba’s northern hydro dams that I wrote about in 2007.
Of course, to produce power, the project needed a reservoir with a pumping plant, which would require land. Robert Moses, a famously elitist urban planner, didn’t wish to burden the white residents of Lewiston, New York, with taxes and an enormous construction project. So for four years, he fought the Tuscarora Indians for their land instead.
Feb. 10, 1961: Moses Parts the Waters at Niagara | This Day In Tech | Wired.com.
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