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In late 1924, Bryant Langmuir and William Laughlin took over the Burning Spring business and built a new building on the opposite side of the road along the edge of the Falls View moraine (opposite the Marriott Gateway Hotel). The new building housed a restaurant, a souvenir store and a burning spring attraction. It was known as the Falls View Observation Tower and Old Burning Spring. Mr. Laughlin was an American who owned and operated the old Whirlpool Rapids Elevator Company for many years. Mr. Langmiur lived in a large house at the end of Robinson Street at the Jolley Cut.
Mr. Langmiur operated the Burning Spring business until his death in 1947. His widow, Alice Langmuir ran the business until 1962 when she sold the business to Malcolm Howe and Arthur White. On June 5th 1969, the Burning Springs Museum was destroyed by fire. It was never rebuilt.
The Burning Spring and its legend is firmly entrenched in the heritage and history of Niagara Falls.
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