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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM33C_united-states-merchant-marine-u-s-navy-armed-guard_Duluth-MN.html
The United States Merchant Marine
In recognition of those who serve their country in war and peace time to those 250,000 who served in world war II to those 670 who were taken prisoner to those 6,700 plus who gave their lives and to the countl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2UR_geology-of-duluth-harbor_Duluth-MN.html
Lake Superior is situated over the Midcontinent Rift, which is a rupture in the North American continent that formed a great rift valley from the Lake Superior region southwest to Kansas about 1.1 billion years ago. For about 20 million years as t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2QQ_rices-point_Duluth-MN.html
RICE'S POINT
Rice's Point separates Duluth-Superior's outer from it's inner harbor, and is a focal point of Duluth's industrial activity. Many of the city's bridges can be seen, among them the Aerial Lift Bridge to the left, the John A. Blatnik…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2NG_duluth-superior-harbor_Duluth-MN.html
DULUTH-SUPERIOR HARBOR
Duluth-Superior harbor is the westernmost terminus of the St. Lawrence Seaway and the world's most inland seaport. Harbor commerce began when Daniel Greysolon Sieur Du Luht portaged across Minnesota Point in 1679 where th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2N3_enger-observation-tower_Duluth-MN.html
To the memory ofBert J. Enger1864 - 1931Native of NorwayCitizen of Duluth From Common Laborer to Merchant Prince, he demonstrated in his own life that America is a land of opportunity for the immigrant, and that her civilization is enriched by h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2LR_the-gate_Duluth-MN.html
1976Stainless Steel
David von Schlegell (1920 - 1992)
The stainless steel sculpture functions as a metaphor, tying the horizontal lines of the land and Lake Superior, which are both very visible from this location, together at the point of i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FT_minnesotas-seaport-welcome-to-minnesota_Duluth-MN.html
Minnesota's Seaport. More than three billion tons of iron ore, along with millions of tons of grain, lumber, fish, and coal, have passed through the Duluth-Superior harbor since the beginning of Minnesota's Iron Age. The first ore from the rich Me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AX_canal_Duluth-MN.html
Very early Duluth felt that future growthwould depend on having suitable harbor and dockage. Winter storms wrecked breakwater and docks built outside Minnesota Point. St. Louis Bay offered a protected harbor, but access required a canal be dug thr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AU_lewis-g-castle_Duluth-MN.html
Honoring Lewis G. Castlein recognition of his part as a volunteer leader in gaining the seaway and as the administer of the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
The seaway, completed in 1959, represented decades of dreams, planning and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A1_illumination-history-of-the-aerial-lift-bridge_Duluth-MN.html
The first lighting was on November 20, 1970, made possible through the contributions of Duluth school children, citizens, business people and visitors.
The present dramatic lighting, first seen on July 4, 1987, is made possible through a genero…