Small post card of the aerial lift bridge with the span up and an outbound lake vessel in the canal. On Monday, July 1, 1929, the suspended car made its last trip across the canal. The bridge's modification to operate with a lift span began on April 8, 1929, with a low bid of $448,000 by the Kansas City Bridge Company. The Aerial Lift Bridge was first operated on March 19, 1930. During the shipping season it makes about 25 lifts a day.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Company launches including one named Prairie State. During WWII, the company installed the piping in 30 vessels built by Zenith Dredge company of Duluth. A tugboat (tug) is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal, or those that cannot move themselves alone, such as barges or disabled ships. The company was located at Eleventh Avenue West and bayfront. The company became Modern Constructors, Marine Iron and Shipbuilding in 1954. Today, Marine Iron and Shipbuilding is at 325 South Lake Avenue and Waterfront Plaza Building. Above the tug on the left, just above the tug's name, is the two story brick Webster elementary school at 433 South First Avenue East in Canal Park. It was built in 1897 and razed in 1930. It was named for Daniel Webster who, as Secretary of State, negotiated the Webster-Ashburton Treaty that established the definitive eastern border between the United States and Canada.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
This postcard shows Albin Ruikka and John Ruikka in their Maxwell ragtop convertible. The Maxwell automobile company was formed in 1904 and ceased to exist in 1925. The back of the postcard has handwriting saying, "Albin Ruikka John Ruikka in old Maxwell."
A report on the Minnesota Department of Highways activities for 1933 and 1934 including reports on bridge construction, trunk highway construction, driver's licenses, maintenance, highway patrol and plant and equipment, as well as tables showing construction expenditures, principal and interest on state and county bonds, and data related to federal aid distribution.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
A report on the Minnesota Department of Highways's activities for 1931 and 1932, including a narrative of activities, legislative recommendations, reports on disbursements, tables showing county and state bond liabilities, interest and principal paid on said bonds, distribution of expenditures federal aid, and trunk highway construction, use, maintenance and traffic.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
A report on the Minnesota Department of Highways activities for 1929 and 1930, including a narrative of activities, legislative recommendations, reports on disbursements, tables showing county and state bond liabilities, interest and principal paid on said bonds, distribution of expenditures federal aid, and trunk highway construction, use, maintenance and traffic.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Cars along South Front Street, Mankato. Note on photo says,""110 Block, S. Front, West Side. Addresses 126-1185." Businesses include The Fair Store, The Florsheim Shoe store.
Looking north on Commonwealth Avenue at about Brookside Court. The DM&IR railroad bridge is in the distance, and the Universal Portland Cement plant is at right. There is a single streetcar track.