— Saint Anthony Falls Heritage Trail —
"The falls are going out!" cried the alarmed citizens of St. Anthony on October 5, 1869. A tunnel being dug under the river bed to bring waterpower to Nicollet Island had collapsed. A giant whirlpool formed below the island as the river rushed into the hole. Efforts to plug it with log rafts, dams, and mud were all unsuccessful. New breaks opened up and swallowed the lower part of Nicollet Island. The problem was finally fixed in 1876 when the US Army Corps of Engineers constructed a large dam underneath the entire river bed.| HM Number | HMSOE |
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| Placed By | The St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, October 10th, 2014 at 6:38pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15T E 479749 N 4981284 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 44.98471667, -93.25686667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 44° 59.083', W 93° 15.412' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 44° 59' 4.98" N, 93° 15' 24.72" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 612, 952, 651, 763 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 5 Central Ave SE, Minneapolis MN 55414, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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