Falls water crisis avoided, busted 24″ pipe shut off

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – A massive water main break overnight at the Goodyear plant in Niagara Falls sent hundreds of gallons of water gushing into the air.
City officials said a 24-inch water main at the plant on 56th Street blew, sending water gushing into the street. Niagara Falls Water Board Superintendent Bob Drury dispatched a supervisor to the scene.
“He saw a river basically coming out of Goodyear. It was very deep, it was going down the road.”
The gusher cut water