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Image of an eye-level landscape view of the Niagara Falls gorge, showing the cable lines and ferry basket that were strung across the Niagara River during the construction Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge connecting New York and Ontario, Canada, with towers and a man on the banks in the foreground, and the waterfall in the distance; section view of cable in ferry and bridge statistics printed in bottom margin.
Image of an elevated landscape view of a steam locomotive and passenger train with baggage and sleeping cars crossing the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge between the bridge towers on the New York side of the gorge; with pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage below the bridge and Witmer's Mill behind it, and Niagara Falls, the banks, and the covered enclosure of an incline railway in the distance; the locomotive has a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement and the cab and tender are labeled "207."
Image of an elevated landscape view of Niagara Falls in New York and Ontario, Canada, as seen from the Niagara River, showing the covered enclosure of an incline railway descending to the ferry platform on the river bank near the American Falls, with a steamboat ferry in the water.
Image of an elevated landscape view of a suspension bridge across the gorge between Lewiston, New York, and Ontario, Canada, as seen from the Niagara River, and showing winding roads with pedestrians and horses leading into the mountains on both sides, and boats and a steamboat ferry in the water; bridge details printed in bottom margin.
Image of a broadside with promotional text for the Great Western Railway and statistics about the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, with a wood-engraved vignette of a steam locomotive train crossing the bridge in the upper left, and a wood engraved vignette of a steam locomotive passenger train in a mountainous region in the upper right.
