The Heart of Duluth Minnesota's Railway Terminals 1961
August 5, 1961 at exactly 11:00 AM. I stitched this one together from several different shots to make it into a panorama. It's a grand view of the eastern end of Bridge Yard in downtown Duluth as viewed from the Bowery. In the background is Duluth’s most famous landmark, the Aerial Lift Bridge. The scrap boat in the Duluth Entry (just under the Aerial Lift Bridge) is heading for the NP Lumber Dock on Rice's Point to get another load of scrap metal from the Paper-Calmenson Company. Just in front of that is Duluth’s most famous waterfront restaurant of this era, The Flame, which ironically burned down in 1942 and was rebuilt in this location after the fact. At the far right is the Northern Cold Storage & Warehouse Company. It was located at the foot of the western approach to the 6th Avenue West viaduct, at 7th Avenue West and the waterfront. It featured 1,173,460 cubic feet of cooler and storage space and could chill food products down to minus 35 degrees Fahrenheit. There are a number of freight cars in the yards below including a string of Railway Express Agency reefer cars just behind the Great Northern billboard. If you look closely (click on the image to zoom in) you might even be able to spot DM&IR 701 just above those reefers. It’s a 2-10-4 steamer sans tender on its way to the scrap yard. If you notice the train tracks at left within the Soo Line's passenger depot they don't seem to go anywhere. Out of sight beneath the junction of Superior Street and Michigan Street is the Soo Line tunnel that carried a single track a block west of here where it emerged into the sunlight again. I'll have many more images to share showing the Soo Line's depot and this tunnel too. It's another part of "Lost Duluth" and the railroad heritage that once flourished here.
Please visit my website for more insights on railroading and the model railroad hobby in Duluth-Superior at: www.TwinPortsRailHistory.com
Don't miss all of the other images within my albums here on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/jeff_lemke/albums
You can read all of my stories about railroading at the Head of the Lakes at: zenithcity.com/author/jlemke/
The Heart of Duluth Minnesota's Railway Terminals 1961
August 5, 1961 at exactly 11:00 AM. I stitched this one together from several different shots to make it into a panorama. It's a grand view of the eastern end of Bridge Yard in downtown Duluth as viewed from the Bowery. In the background is Duluth’s most famous landmark, the Aerial Lift Bridge. The scrap boat in the Duluth Entry (just under the Aerial Lift Bridge) is heading for the NP Lumber Dock on Rice's Point to get another load of scrap metal from the Paper-Calmenson Company. Just in front of that is Duluth’s most famous waterfront restaurant of this era, The Flame, which ironically burned down in 1942 and was rebuilt in this location after the fact. At the far right is the Northern Cold Storage & Warehouse Company. It was located at the foot of the western approach to the 6th Avenue West viaduct, at 7th Avenue West and the waterfront. It featured 1,173,460 cubic feet of cooler and storage space and could chill food products down to minus 35 degrees Fahrenheit. There are a number of freight cars in the yards below including a string of Railway Express Agency reefer cars just behind the Great Northern billboard. If you look closely (click on the image to zoom in) you might even be able to spot DM&IR 701 just above those reefers. It’s a 2-10-4 steamer sans tender on its way to the scrap yard. If you notice the train tracks at left within the Soo Line's passenger depot they don't seem to go anywhere. Out of sight beneath the junction of Superior Street and Michigan Street is the Soo Line tunnel that carried a single track a block west of here where it emerged into the sunlight again. I'll have many more images to share showing the Soo Line's depot and this tunnel too. It's another part of "Lost Duluth" and the railroad heritage that once flourished here.
Please visit my website for more insights on railroading and the model railroad hobby in Duluth-Superior at: www.TwinPortsRailHistory.com
Don't miss all of the other images within my albums here on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/jeff_lemke/albums
You can read all of my stories about railroading at the Head of the Lakes at: zenithcity.com/author/jlemke/