This drawing was done in the aftermath of October 5, 1869, Eastman Tunnel collapse. A tunnel connecting Nicollet and Hennepin islands collapsed on that day causing the need for considerable repair to be done to Hennepin Island and St. Anthony Falls. The repair work was finished in 1884, creating a protective apron over the falls.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Map shows of the condition of the St. Anthony Falls Apron, made up of old oak planking (1877), new oak planking (1885), and new pine planking (1885). Some of the planking is quite worn and damaged by ice and lumber. "Note: Outline of Apron, etc. is from surveys of 1874-76. Soundings reduced to low-water plane of April 4, 1883."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Business trade card advertising Ballard Moving and Storage company, Twin Cities representative of United Van Lines. Truck on front of card manufactured by Veerac Motor Company of Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
This book frontispiece introduced the photographs of an August 17, 18, and 19, 1912 visit of the U.S. Steel Traffic Committee to Minnesota's Iron Range.
The manicured grounds of the Virginia & Rainy Lake Co. Mill No. 3 are shown, as is a sign for Yard F. This is the left half of a panoramic photograph included with the U.S. Steel Traffic Committee photo album.
Two Duluth, Missabe & Northern ore cars stand loaded at the ore washing plant in Coleraine. The U.S. Steel Traffic Committee is clustered on the distant right.
The structure of the main open hearth furnace building at Minnesota Steel Co. in Duluth appears mostly complete. Large flues for construction of the blast furnace lie on the ground in the foreground. The auxiliary buildings are under construction.
The merchant mill building at the Minnesota Steel Co in Duluth is unfinished in this winter photograph, which does not seem to have been taken in August during the U.S. Steel Traffic Committee visit.