The parallel concrete piers jut out into the lake forming the canal leading to the harbor. Since its remodeling into a lift bridge in 1930, every vessel passes under the Aerial Lift Bridge's raised span. In this view the span is down, and traffic and people cross it as a roadbed. The South Pier is at the left, the North Pier is at the right. Minnesota Point's light sand beach draws residents and tourists in all seasons but especially throughout the summer months. The harbor is still the location of warehouses and coal docks. You can see the light road that is Skyline Parkway parallel to the horizon running the length of Duluth. The Civic Center is at the center of this shot. The St. Louis County Courthouse is in the middle with the Federal Building to the left of the courthouse, City Hall to the right, and the St. Louis County Jail to the left and set back from the courthouse. The Civic Center was designed by Daniel Burnham and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester & Dubuque Electric Traction Company was branded as the Dan Patch Line by owner Marion Savage, who owned the champion trotting horse. In 1912 it opened this depot at Diamond Lake Road and Nicollet Avenue, where its passengers transferred to the Nicollet Avenue streetcar line.
Three men are pictured with railroad steam engine 716 at Thief River Falls, Minnesota. They are Fred Gram, William Churchill (1881-1965), and Peter C. Peterson (1881-1949).