'Life and Work'— 4
' Electricity from Niagara Falls'
ERIC ASHBY, D.Sc.
Last week you heard a talk about the production of oil in Persia, or Iran; next week you are to hear about coal mining in Western Pennsylvania; today you are to hear about another source of power-electricity.
Dr. Eric Ashby will describe a visit to Niagara, and will tell you how a passenger, seated in a cradle that travels along a rope, is- carried across the whirlpool rapids 150 feet below. He will tell you how the waterfalls are formed, their source being the lakes west of Niagara, and how the falls are used to make electric light for a million people.