@BhargavRao, actually, I can just copy-paste the answer from the link, but I think that this question can be also marked as a dupe of the question I refer to. However, I'm not sure... â Ilya V. Schurov Dec 2 '14 at 13:00.
First barrel ride down Niagara Falls. On this day in 1901, a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to take the plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel. After her husband died in the Civil War, the New York-born Taylor moved all over the U. S. before settling in Bay City, Michigan, around 1898.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. The purpose of Niagara Falls is its experience and anyone who See's it, Its purpose is so people can enjoy the site.iagara Falls on the Canadian side of the border is also known as the Horseshoe Falls and has an average height of 57 meters or 188 feet. The American Falls have an average h â¦ eight of between 21 and 34 meters or 70 to 110 feet. 5 people found this useful.