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Barton County Democrat
Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas
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Estimation that Niagara Falls will recede two miles due to erosion of shaly foundation beneath limestone, stabilizing at 80 feet height instead of 164 feet, based on geological analysis.
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It is estimated that Niagara Falls will recede two miles and then remain stationary. Their height at that point being eighty feet, instead of 164, as at present. The supposition is supported by an argument which appears reasonable. The present site is a limestone formation some eighty or ninety feet thick, with a shaly foundation. As the shale is washed away, the limestone breaks off, and the falls take a step backward. But the end of the shaly deposit will be reached two miles from the present falls, and then the rushing water will have more than it can do to wear away the solid precipice over which it will be projected.
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Niagara Falls
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the falls will recede two miles and remain stationary at a height of eighty feet.
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It is estimated that Niagara Falls will recede two miles and then remain stationary, with a height of eighty feet instead of 164 feet. The site is a limestone formation eighty or ninety feet thick over a shaly foundation. As shale washes away, limestone breaks off, causing the falls to recede. The shaly deposit ends two miles from the present falls, after which water will not erode the solid precipice.