View of the west channel of the Mississippi River near the upper end of Boom Island where the channel has been filled in. A person is standing next to an old boom pier where the river once went.
East shore of Boom Island before any improvements were made by the Wisconsin Railway Company. Also shows a lumber yard on the opposite side of the Mississippi River.
View of the east channel of the Mississippi River after fill was added; shows the wall made by the Wisconsin Central Railway Company and an areas where the original bank was. Also shows houses along the bank above the river.
Lower end of Boom Island after improvements were made by the Wisconsin Central Railway Company; shows a man with a horse drawn cart near the edge of the Mississippi River.
View of the Stone Arch Bridge that shows sandbars in the Mississippi River near the mouth of the General Electric tailrace. The Tenth Avenue Bridge is in the distance.
Fill in the east channel of the Mississippi River just below the Central Avenue Bridge; the dotted line shows the face of a stone wall built on the bank years before.
View of the original channel between the upper end of Nicollet Island and the lower end of Boom Island before the Wisconsin Central Railway Company filled in the river. Shows a temporary bridge and workmen guiding logs from a lumber yard.
Condition of the embankment or fill on the east side of Nicollet Island about the Great Northern Railroad Company's bridge. The fill was put in by the Wisconsin Central Railway Company ; also shows the pile posts for the substructure of the proposed bridge and coffer dam for the pier.
East channel of the Mississippi River near Nicollet Island; shows the embankment or fill made by the Wisconsin Central Railway on the easterly shore of the upper end of Nicollet Island. Also shows Boom Island and the channel between it and the east bank of the river before any changes were made by the Wisconsin Central Railway Company.
This picture shows the amount of filling in done by Eastman; the fill extends from the bank on which the rocks are shown over to the extreme right hand side. The materials consisted of loose sans and some mud; rock was piled in later and little rock was used in the lower fill. Also shows Nicollet Island and the Hennepin Avenue bridge.
Log jam caused by the Eastman Crib, the jam is below the Minneapolis Western railroad bridge; the Gasworks is on the river bluff and the University of Minnesota is in the distance.
View of a log jam caused by the Eastman Crib taken from the east end of the Tenth Avenue Bridge; also shows the Gasworks on the opposite bluff and the Minneapolis Western railroad bridge.