Fixing Niagara Falls

This book PDF is perfect for those who love Technology & Engineering genre, written by Daniel Macfarlane and published by UBC Press which was released on 01 September 2020 with total hardcover pages 333. You could read this book directly on your devices with pdf, epub and kindle format, check detail and related Fixing Niagara Falls books below.

Fixing Niagara Falls

Author	: Daniel Macfarlane
File Size	: 46,7 Mb
Publisher	: UBC Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 01 September 2020
ISBN	: 9780774864251
Pages	: 333 pages

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Fixing Niagara Falls by Daniel Macfarlane Book PDF Summary

Since the late nineteenth century, Niagara Falls has been heavily engineered to generate energy behind a flowing façade designed to appeal to tourists. Fixing Niagara Falls reveals the technological feats and cross-border politics that facilitated the transformation of one of the most important natural sites in North America. Daniel Macfarlane shows how this natural wonder is essentially a tap: huge tunnels around the reconfigured Falls channel the waters of the Niagara River, which ebb and flow according to the tourism calendar. This book offers a unique interdisciplinary and transborder perspective on how the Niagara landscape embodies the power of technology and nature.

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