Construction shot of the bridge and the approach to the bridge from Minnesota Point or South Lake Avenue, Minnesota Avenue. This photograph has been physically altered; the background has been whited out and buildings drawn over.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Twin City streetcar #1136 was never modified from its original 1905 appearance, the only car in the fleet never rebuilt. It served as the supervisor office at the State Fair and spent the rest of the year sitting at Snelling Station.
Twin City streetcar #1136 was never modified from its original 1905 appearance, the only car in the fleet never rebuilt. It served as the supervisor office at the Minnesota State Fair and spent the rest of the year sitting at Snelling Station.
The enormous Central Warehouse complex north of University Avenue and Vandalia Street was served by a complex network of electrified spur tracks, which were switched by this electric locomotive.
When built, all the Twin Cities streetcars had rear wire gates, where all passengers entered and exited. By 1949, few were left. This is a railfan trip at the west end of the Hopkins trestle at 8th Avenue.
The Minneapolis-St. Paul line via University Avenue was always called "the Interurban". One prepares to cross Hennepin Avenue on 5th Street next to the Lumber Exchange building.
Double-ended Fort Snelling shuttle streetcar #1230 meets the Minneapolis and St. Paul streetcars at Bridge Junction wye. Today this location is inside the reconstructed historic fort.
Looking uphill at the east portal of the Selby Tunnel at an eastbound Selby - Lake car leaving the tunnel. The image also shows the cathedral in the background.
Car 1789 approaches the William Berry Road bridge heading north. This section of the streetcar line has been preserved by the Minnesota Streetcar Museum.
Streetcars from Minneapolis and St. Paul prepare to back into the Bridge Junction wye at Fort Snelling, where they will meet the Fort Snelling Shuttle.
A downhill Selby-Lake streetcar rolls through the concrete cut after exiting the lower portal of the Selby Tunnel, with the Cathedral of St. Paul in the background.
The double-ended Fort Snelling shuttle streetcar that connected the historic fort with the Officers Row along Taylor Avenue is pictured next to Highway 5 near the Mendota Bridge.
The Concord Avenue streetcar has reached the end of the line, the wye at Linden Street, the city limits separating South St. Paul from Inver Grove Heights.