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The Black Rock Ferry was an important crossing to Canada throughout the 19th century until it ceased operations in 1949. Its wharf stood on a long, narrow stone pier built to protect Black Rock Harbor from the Niagara River. The ferry was first powered by four men pulling a pair of oars, then in 1826 was required by the state legislature to convert to a horse boat, with four horses turning a wheel that propelled the boat. A steamboat was introduced in 1840. In the 1930s, the stone pier was widened to build Buffalo's sewage treatment plant and the present park.
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