Panorama of gorge railway /. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

"One of the most interesting places in the vicinity of Niagara Falls is the Whirlpool Rapids, where the immense volume of water which passes from the Falls, speeds along through its rocky and tortuous passage towards the ocean. The camera in securing this picture was placed at the front end of a train ascending the grade at a very rapid rate of speed. The combined motion of the train in one direction and the water in the opposite direction, the latter impeded and interrupted in its course by the rocky path through which it flows, sending beautiful masses of spray and foam many feet in the air, makes an impression on the audience long to be remembered. 110 feet"--Edison films catalog.
D11028 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 26May1900; D11028.
Duration: 0:47 at 16 fps.
Filmed May 1900 along the Niagara Gorge, New York.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1765) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 594; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 328; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 95 [MI].
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.