"STRANDED SCOW"

"On August 6, 1918, this dumping scow broke loose from its towing tug about 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) upriver, with Gustav F. Lofberg and James N. Harris aboard.  The men opened the bottom dumping doors and the scow grounded in the shallow rapids.  They were rescued the next day by breeches buoy, on a line shot out from the roof of the adjacent powerhouse."

"ERECTED BY THE NIAGARA PARKS COMMISSION"