Urban waterfalls
The falls are beautiful, they’re powerful and they’re the reason for the city. Spokane is one of a small number of American cities that have falling water in their hearts, and it’s no accident. The reasons for a city are many, but chief among them is water – for drinking, for transportation, for industry and, most recently, for beauty.
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Sonja Haddad and Susie Long, of VisitSpokane, gather ideas for places to take convention goers during a Friday afternoon walk to the Lower Spokane Falls under the Monroe Street Bridge, April 20, 2018.
Dan Pelle The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
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An evening sliver of sun lights up the water and spray from Avista's dam across the Lower Falls of the Spokane River, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Spokane, Washington.
Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review Buy this photo
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Reedy River falls during Red, White and Blue Festival in downtown Greenville on Tuesday.
Ken Ruinard The Greenville News
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FILE- In this May 3, 2016, file photo, builders install a deck at the popular Cave of the Winds attraction at Niagara Falls State Park in Niagara Falls, N.Y. A new marketing effort launched Tuesday, March 14, 2017, rebrands the American shore of the falls as a natural playground to be explored on foot, bike, boat or helicopter.
James Neiss Associated Press
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Black Eagle Dam in Great Falls, Montana.
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In this May 2011 file photo, a canoe full of people glides past the base of Willamette Falls, which is a favorite feeding area where California sea lions feast on salmon, in Oregon City, Ore. After a decade killing the hungriest sea lions in one area, wildlife officials now want to do so at the falls to protest the fish runs.
Don Ryan Associated Press
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Sightseers photographed St. Anthony Falls, Sunday afternoon, March 26, 2017, in Minneapolis.
Jeff Wheeler Star Tribune
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