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    Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to go over Niagara Falls and survive. She outfitted a pickle barrel with a mattress and took her lucky pillow. Which tool did her friends use to ensure she had sufficient air inside the barrel?

    Question #88458. Asked by Maggie1940. (Nov 13 07 6:18 AM)


    zbeckabee

    After screwing down the lid, friends used a bicycle tire pump to compress the air in the barrel. The hole used for this was plugged with a cork, and Taylor was set adrift near the American shore, north of Goat Island.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Edson_Taylor

    Nov 13 07, 7:26 AM


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