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Duluth, Minn., view from Incline Ry. [Railway] – Vintage Wall Art

Duluth, Minn., view from Incline Ry. [Railway], c[between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Duluth, Minn., view from Incline Ry. [Railway], c[between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Railroads & Depots collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Duluth, Minn., view from Incline Ry. [Railway], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Duluth, Minn., view from Incline Ry. [Railway]

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From the upper end of the Incline Railway, this view looks down over Duluth's rooftops toward the harbor, where the transporter bridge spans the ship canal in the distance. The incline, a cable-hauled car that carried riders up the steep hillside above the lake, was a practical necessity in a city built on such sharp slopes. The transporter bridge, completed in 1905, moved vehicles and foot passengers across the canal on a hanging car, reflecting the port's growth as Lake Superior shipping expanded. The glass negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers documented American cities and rail-era scenes for commercial sale in the early 1900s.

Created / publishedc[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreCityscape photographs.Dry plate negatives.
NotesTransporter bridge over ship canal in distance. G 4650" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071206. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsDwellings.United States--Minnesota--Duluth.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 803 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72572

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