Duluth Ship Canal
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Circuit Court of the United States District of Minnesota records
The Duluth ship canal was dug through Minnesota Point in 1870 to benefit the Duluth harbor. The City of Superior, fearing the canal would change the flow of water through their ship entry, brought suit against Duluth to halt the construction. The collection contains a Circuit Court of the United States Bill of Complaint against the City of Duluth and a letter addressed to the City.
John H. Darling papers
The collection contains correspondence, diaries, articles and addresses written by Darling, a subject file, personal financial materials, news clippings, photographs, and engineering plans.
Duluth Common Council records
Paul B. Gaylord photographs
The collection contains photographs and glass plate negatives of Duluth, Minnesota taken by photographer Paul Gaylord.
Thomas F. McGilvray papers
The collection consists of eight items concerning the Aerial Bridge and Thomas McGilvray.
Mining Inspection Tour film
The collection contains one 16mm, black and white, silent film (17 min.) of a 1936 mining inspection trip and tour conducted by U.S. Steel and Ford, Bacon, and Davis, Inc. The tour included Duluth, Minnesota and the surrounding area including the iron range.
Father Richard Partika photograph collection
Contains photographs of various Duluth scenes.
John Terrass photograph collection
The collection contains 32 black and white silver gelatin images.
Thomas White logbook
The collection contains a log book of vessels passing through the Duluth ship canal.