1,264 Truckloads Dumped Into Niagara Falls in 72 Hours (1969) - We Checked!

In 1969, a family construction firm pushed 27,800 tons of rock and earth into the Niagara River to shut off the American Falls. It took 30 men, 1,264 truckloads, and 72 hours. The Army Corps drilled 46 core borings into the exposed cliff and found something nobody expected. This is the construction story that every other video about this project skips. We pulled the engineering records, found the contractor, and checked every fact. 🔹 0:00 Midnight, June 9, 1969 — The cofferdam build begins 🔹 3:15 What the Army Corps found when they drilled into the cliff 🔹 6:31 The bodies and the coins — what's real and what isn't 🔹 9:00 November 25, 1969 — The cofferdam comes down 🔹 10:05 The connection to Love Canal nobody has ever mentioned Sources: Construction Equipment Guide (Nov 7, 2011) — Mary Reed U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District — DVIDS archives Rick Berketa chronology (niagarafrontier.com) International Joint Commission: "Preservation and Enhancement of the American Falls at Niagara" (1975) #NiagaraFalls #HeavyEquipment #Construction #Engineering #History #Documentary #Cofferdam #1969 #WeChecked #MachineryVault