Growing up I remember hearing about these Daredevils going over the falls in a barrel so when we were at the Visitors Center and the opportunity presented itself to go over the falls in a barrel we couldn’t resist.

We also visited the Schoellkopf Power Station 3 Complex located at the Discovery Center. The Power Station was built between 1904 and 1924. In June of 1956 3/4’s of the station was destroyed by rockslides. One employee Richard Draper died in this event.

You enter the station at the top and take an elevator to the bottom of the gorge.

Four tunnels where the water from the generators exited the station.

The view from the bottom of the gorge, to the left you can see part of the Horseshoe Falls.