First we went to Fort Niagara. This fort was the center of several battles. Three nations fought over the area. They were American, French and British. First the French built the French Castle, otherwise known as the “the peace building”, but was set up for warfare; the walls were very thick, the windows barred, and the building had a powder magazine. They also built some other structures. The first fort was completed in 1727. The British also wanted the control of the river. They attacked the French fort in 1759, while French and Indian war waged. After the 19 day siege, the British captured the fort. Then after the American Revolution, the British were forced to give up the land by a treaty in 1796. Then, in 1813 the British took the fort back. In that battle 65 Americans died and only 6 British died. After the War of 1812, the fort was no longer needed the fort was returned to the Americans in 1815. The fort was used later for training new troops during wars. Then in 1963 the fort’s last troops were withdrawn. The first enlisted soldier to get a pension salary in the United States military was a person who looked after this fort.
Then we when to Power Vista in the area where there is a hydroelectric plant called Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant. In this power plant, 2,400MW are produced. That’s enough to power to power 2.5 million houses. The Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant is the 2nd largest power plant in the US. The dam was built in three years, which most people thought it was impossible, but it happened anyways. The workforce consisted of 10,000 skilled workers. The reason the people built the plant was because the previous one collapsed into the river. 600 thousand gallons a second of water is diverted from above the falls to go over the dam; and flows through conduits into a 22 billion gallon holding tank. That is almost as much as the amount of water that goes over the falls. All of this goes into making power. 
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