These photos show Niagara Falls after they were drained in 1969

[post_page_title]Making history[/post_page_title]

One of the most famous people to make it over the falls was Annie Edson Taylor. The 63-year-old teacher took it upon herself to plunge over the falls in 1901. The catch? She was in nothing more than a wooden barrel.

Making history

Annie made it out the other side but immediately insisted that no one should ever try it again. People didn’t listen. In 1984, Karel Soucek survived a fall over the falls in a barrel while Jesse Sharp lost his life in 1990 after he tried to canoe over the edge of Niagara Falls.

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