PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-666
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 666
MAY 2008
33
PS 666
MAY 08
down, down, down
the barrel tumbled
in the grip of the
great cataract.
slammed by
the rapids
first one
way, then
another…
…annie
was sure
she hit
the rocks.
yet, just 1
7
minutes
later, her barrel
drifted close
enough to the
canadian shore…
…to be hooked
and dragged onto
a rock ledge.
and so on that
historic day,
october 24, 1901,
annie taylor was
the first person
to set out to
conquer niagara
falls in a barrel.
after climbing
into her airtight
barrel, air was
pumped into the
barrel with a
bicycle pump,
raising the
pressure to
30 psI.
and so on that
historic day,
october 24, 1901,
annie taylor was
the first person
to set out to
conquer niagara
falls in a barrel.
after climbing
into her airtight
barrel, air was
pumped into the
barrel with a
bicycle pump,
raising the
pressure to
30 psI.
down, down, down
the barrel tumbled
in the grip of the
great cataract.
slammed by
the rapids
first one
way, then
another…
…annie
was sure
she hit
the rocks.
yet, just 1
7
minutes
later, her barrel
drifted close
enough to the
canadian shore…
…to be hooked
and dragged onto
a rock ledge.
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