In 1883, Thomas Evershed, a recently emigrated English civil engineer, was hired by the State of New York to survey the Niagara Reservation. The reservation was intended to protect the area around the falls from being overrun by industrial development. Evershed realized that the reservation would restrict the expansion of power development to the High Bank area below the falls. To use the area above the falls, some unconventional means of water delivery would be needed.

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尼亚加拉大瀑布的能源：国际尼亚加拉委员会[历史]

1883年，新移民的英国土木工程师Thomas Evershed被纽约州聘用，对尼亚加拉保留地进行调查。保留是为了保护瀑布周围的区域不受工业发展的影响。Evershed意识到，保留将限制电力开发扩展到瀑布下方的高岸地区。要使用瀑布上方的区域，将需要一些非常规的输水方式。