Duluth Parks & Landmarks

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Landmarks
Brautigan’s Gardens
Duluth’s Cemeteries
Duluth’s Major Railroads
Duluth Beltline Railway
Duluth's Street Railways
Minnesota Point Amusement Park Point of Rocks
Seventh Avenue West Incline
White City Amusement Park
Parks
Cascade Park
Chester Park
Chester Park Ski Jumps
Congdon Park
Enger Park & Twin Ponds
Enger Tower
Fairmont Park
Fond du Lac Park's Winter Sports Center
Granitoid Memorial Park
Jay Cooke Park
Lief Erickson Park
Leif Erickson Replica Ship
Lincoln Park
Seven Bridges Road
Skyline Parkway

Ruins
Chambers House
U.S. Lighthouse Station Depot
Minnesota Point Lighthouse
Old Main
Uncle Harvey’s Mausoleum
Water Reservoir

Waterfront

Duluth's Aerial Bridge
Ideas for Bridging the Canal
The Inspiration for the Aerial Transfer Bridge Design
Clearing the way to construct the Aerial Transfer Bridge
Construction of the Aerial Transfer Bridge
The Aerial Transfer Bridge Begins Operation
Life of the Aerial Transfer Bridge: 1905 - 1929
How the Aerial Transfer Bridge worked
Battle to Convert the Transfer Bridge into the Lift Bridge
Converting the Transfer Bridge to a Lift Bridge
Life of the Aerial Lift Bridge 1930 – 2005
How the Aerial Lift Bridge works
Aerial Lift Bridge Operators, 2005 - 2008

Bay Bridges & Major Docks
Arrowhead Bridge
Interstate Bridge
Duluth’s Coal Docks
Duluth’s Ore Docks

The Duluth Ship Canal
Duluth’s Pre-Canal Waterfront
History of the Duluth Ship Canal (1870 - 1902)
The Legend(s) of the Duluth Ship Canal Dig
Canal Lawsuits & Dike Debacle (1871 - 1877)
Early Problems Crossing the Duluth Ship Canal
Ferry Service Across the Duluth Ship Canal
The Saga of the Duluth Ship Canal Foghorn
The Duluth Ship Canal's North Pier Lighthouse
The Duluth Ship Canal's South Pier Lighthouse
The Duluth Ship Canal's Rear Range Light

Vessels
America
Anchor Line Triplets Octorara, Juniata, and Tionesta
Canadian Steamship Company Ships Noronic, Huronic, and Hamonic
Columbia
Crawford
Gopher
Minnesota
North America and South America
Northwest
Sinaloa
Thomas F. Cole
William Corey
William Fitzgerald
Wayne
Wilfred Sykes
William Livingstone
St. Louis River Excursion Boats
Duluth Tug Boats