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.
An eastbound Selby-Lake streetcar descends the ramp from the Selby Avenue bridge over the Milwaukee Road's Short line railroad between Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The Selby-Lake streetcar connected downtown St. Paul with Uptown in Minneapolis via Lake Street. This car is sitting on Girard Avenue at Lake Street, the west end of the line.
Looking north at northbound car 1311. The streetcar has just passed the end of the fence for the Lake Harriet depot at 42nd Street and Queen Avenue. This section of the streetcar line has been preserved by the Minnesota Streetcar Museum.
A Bryant LOOP car, meaning it terminated in downtown, leaves its layover point at 1st Avenue N., and turns onto 1st Street, leading to Hennepin Avenue.
The Chicago streetcar normally ran through downtown on 8th Street, but this one has clearly detoured via 6th Street, passing the Plymouth Building and Murray's Restaurant.
A Como-Harriet streetcar approaches Linden Hills Boulevard on the west side of Lake Harriet. Streetcars of the Minnesota Streetcar Museum now operate here.
A PCC streetcar lays over at the end of the 2nd Street NE line at 30th Avenue NE and Grand Street. The Northern States Power Riverside power plant is in the background.
Trolley fans following a railfan excursion streetcar wait at Bryant Avenue and Minnehaha Parkway for it to cross the Minnehaha creek bridge toward them.