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- Here we show Captain N. P. Nissen, formerly known as Captain Bowser, making a trip through the Whirlpool Rapids in his famous twenty-four foot craft known as the "Fool Killer." Captain Bowser is shown embarking in his boat at Niagara Falls, Ontario. After he carefully embarks, the "Fool Killer" is taken in tow by a rowboat and towed out into the stream. Here the captain is seen to go below the whaleback deck and close the hatch. Then the trip through the Rapids begins. One of our cameras, which was operated by a second photographer, was in waiting on a trolley car, and the progress of the "Fool Killer" is followed on its entire trip through the mad waters, and a most realistic picture was secured which absolutely defies description. The boat is seen to pitch, rock and plunge as it is carried at the will of the current in this most erratic of streams, and we secured an absolute picture of a feat that has been heretofore declared impossible to accomplish. This strip is of the highest value from a dramatic, artistic and historical standpoint.
- "A panoramic view of nature's greatest waterfall, taken from the narrow railway that skirts the gorge, at the foot of Niagara Falls."
- One of the most interesting sights in the vicinity of Niagara Falls is the Whirlpool Rapids, where the immense volume of water which passes over the Falls speeds along through its rocky and tortuous passage towards the ocean. In taking the picture the camera was placed at the front end of a train ascending the grade at a rapid rate. The 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 a lasting impression. Sold complete or in separate lengths.
- "A very fine view of this splendid steamer running at high speed on the Niagara River."