I thought I would take a trip to Letchworth to see what The Falls,the Dam and some other areas looked like after Sandy came through the other day.
(Records show that severe floods had plagued the valley as far back as 1800. Terrible destruction resulted from the flood of 1865, which developed flows exceeding 24 million gallons per minute, one half the flow of Niagara Falls. From 1865 to 1950, a major flood ravaged the Genesee River valley on an average of every seven years. Completion of the project significantly reduced the risk of flood disaster which formerly threatened the lower Genesee River valley. The capacity of the reservoir in the river gorge, 301,853 acre-feet, is ample to protect the basin below from all but very infrequent floods.)
http://www.lrb.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/MountMorrisDam/ProjectHistory.aspx
Anyway, I thought since I was going I would introduce Rosie to one of our great sightseeing locations. The river was flowing pretty well to say the least. Even caught the Eastbound crossing the Portage Bridge which opened for traffic July 31, 1875 .
Enjoy the photos.
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| Norfolk Southern on The Portage Bridge. |
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| Rosie at the Glen Iris Inn |
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| Upper Falls and the Portage Bridge |
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| The Middle falls |
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| The Hogsback |
