Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College

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Date

9-1-1962

Description

Skyline Parkway offers a bird’s eye view of the port city of Duluth. In this photograph, made in 1964, Duluth’s Aerial Life Bridge is visible, a landmark of the city. The construction of the Duluth Ship Canal in the late 19th century made it necessary for residents on Minnesota Point, now an island, to access the mainland, and eventually lead to the construction of the Aerial Lift Bridge. It was originally built as a transporter bridge, an extremely rare design which is essentially a gondola. Originally opened in 1904, the bridge spans 120 m connecting Minnesota Point to the mainland. In 1929 it was rebuilt to it’s present aerial lift design, which better accommodates automobiles.

Notes

Troyano, leonardo. Bridge Engineering: A Global Perspective. (London, 2003). pp. 740 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_Lift_Bridge

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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

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Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

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Keywords

minnesota point, duluth ship canal, cityscape, aerial life bridge, aerial, skyline parkway, lake superior, harbors

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