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Lower Falls of the Genesee River (Rochester)

Lower Falls of the Genesee River in Rochester




The Lower Falls of the Genesee River in Rochester has the potential to be a very scenic waterfall, but its urban setting rather takes away from all it can be. Even with that said, it's hard to stop industrial development and to the city's credit, they've surrounded the falls with a park-like atmosphere so at least there's somewhat of an escape from urban life even though the park is surrounded by factories, tall buildings, and busy streets.

Further upstream is the Middle Falls of the Genesee River in Rochester, except that one is completely man-modified for hydroelectric use. When we were there, it wasn't flowing at all, and all that was left was basically the concrete flood channel. This hardly counts as a waterfall in my book so we didn't bother posting it up on this website.

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Looking down at the Lower Falls through the chain-linked fence from the bridgeLooking down at the Lower Falls through the chain-linked fence from the bridge



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