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NYS Park Police and NYS Power Authority remove section of ice boom from rapids above Niagara Falls

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NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WKBW) — New York State Park Police announced that its Western District Swift Water team assisted the New York State Power Authority in removing a section of the ice boom from the rapids above Niagara Falls.

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Police said swiftwater members went into the water and attached the pontoon to a NYPA crane.

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The 3,800-pound pontoon was then lifted from the rapids.

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Police said the pontoon needed to be removed because of its location above the Bridal Veil Falls, and it posed a danger to the Cave of the Winds attraction.

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