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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HXX_duluth-union-depot_Duluth-MN.html
Completed in 1892
Designed by
R.S. Peabody & J.G. Stearns
Boston
Listed in the National
Register of Historic Places
1971
St. Louis County
Historical Society
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St. Louis County
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HWS_modern-ship-anchor_Duluth-MN.html
This Navy-style stockless anchor is the type used on all modern ships and, at 3 tons, it is typical of those carried on 8-10,000 ton freighters. A usual rule of thumb provides that a vessel's anchor chain should be three times the depth of the wat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HWR_capstan_Duluth-MN.html
Deck capstans were used on sailing ships centuries ago to handle anchor lines on the heaviest of the ship's tackle. This cast iron geared capstan was recovered from the sunken schooner Samuel P. Ely at Two Harbors, Minnesota, where the ship sunk i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HWQ_mcdougall-patent-anchor_Duluth-MN.html
Unique apparatus invented by Duluth's Captain Alexander McDougall for use on his whaleback ships. About fifty appear to have been produced at the American Steelbarge Company Shipyard in Superior. This one was recovered in 1977 from the wreck of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HWJ_float-copper_Duluth-MN.html
This piece of float copper was dredged from the Keweenaw Waterway, Michigan, by the hydraulic dredge "New Jersey"; on May 27, 1932, while working under contract with the United States Engineers Office, Duluth. It was presented to the office by the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HWI_modern-ship-propeller_Duluth-MN.html
This propeller wheel is typical of those used to drive Lakes freighters. It measures 14 feet 5 inches in diameter and weighs over 11 tons; being made of a special bronze alloy, its value exceeds 10,000 dollars. The propeller was removed from the 5…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HU0_determined-mariner_Duluth-MN.html
Artist Richard Salews shows us a Great Lakes mariner steering his Mackinaw boat on a broad reach perhaps in the late 1800s. The 30-50 foot Mackinaws were used extensively on the lakes before steam and internal-combustion engines appeared. Salews' …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HQN_rotary-club-of-duluth-100th-anniversary_Duluth-MN.html
Rotary International
· The first Rotary Club was formed in Chicago in 1905 by a young attorney named Paul Harris who desired to discuss areas of common concern with other local business executives. They quickly decided to contribute th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HQ4_duluth-japanese-peace-bell-garden_Duluth-MN.html
In 2005, a group of citizens from Duluth and Ohara (now Isumi City), Japan proposed to honor the Sister Cities relationships between our two cities by creating an authentic environment for the Peace Bell placed in Duluth's Enger Park in 1994. Math…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HQ3_japanese-peace-bell-garden_Duluth-MN.html
This garden celebrates Duluth's sister city relationship with Ohara Isumi-City, Japan.
THE PEACE BELL
During World War II, the Japanese government instructed villages to donate metal to be melted down for ammunition. Ohara Isumi-City dismantled …