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1. Aerial Lift Bridge: Steam Plant Construction, Duluth, Minnesota
- Creator:
- McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
- Date Created:
- 1932
- Description:
- The Duluth Steam Corporations steam plant was built by many hardworking men in 1932 from March through the summer and autumn. It is frequently in photographs when the view is toward the canal or Canal Park area, and is identified by its smoke stack. The smoke stack is completed in this shot. The building is located at 200 or 202 Lake Avenue South or 1 Lake Place Drive. Its name became the Duluth Steam Cooperative. Today it furnishes steam heat to hundreds of downtown buildings. Note the railroad spur that turns in next to the steam plant.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- Black-and-white photographs
2. Aerial view of Rice's Point and Elevator Row, Duluth, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Gallagher, Louis Perry, Sr., 1875-1945
- Date Created:
- 1930?
- Description:
- The presence of Peavey elevators in the Duluth harbor dates back to 1900. In 1930, F.H. Peavey expands the Peavey Duluth terminal with concrete silos. In 1999, the Seaway Port Authority lets contract for razing of Occident and Peavey elevators. Garfield Avenue is the main street that runs the length of Rice's Point. It is the street in the lower left corner of this photograph. Houses and businesses on Garfield are parallel to the rail yards of the Northern Pacific; Great Northern; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha. Garfield Avenue takes you to the Interstate Bridge.
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- Aerial photographs
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