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The Duluth Ship Canal is an artificial canal cut through Minnesota Point, providing direct access to Duluth harbor from Lake Superior. Begun privately in 1871, it was put under federal supervision and maintenance several years later. It is still an important component of the harbor facilities. In its current configuration, the canal is defined ...
The Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center from the east. Location within Minnesota. Established. September 29, 1973. Location. 600 South Lake Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota. Coordinates. 46°46′47.5″N 92°5′32.5″W. / 46.779861°N 92.092361°W / 46.779861; -92.092361.
History. An 1896 project to improve harbor facilities resulted in the reconstruction of the sides of the Duluth Ship Canal, bracketing it in the two concrete piers which define its channel to the present. [4] While the south pier had been equipped with a light from 1874, the north pier was unlit, and given the difficult approach (highlighted by ...
The Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal is an artificial waterway on the southwest shore of Lake Michigan, in East Chicago, Indiana, which connects the Grand Calumet River to Lake Michigan. It consists of two branch canals, the 1.25 miles (2.01 km) Lake George Branch and the 2 miles (3.2 km) long Grand Calumet River Branch which join to form the main ...
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Duluth South Breakwater Outer Light. / 46.780083°N 92.08778°W / 46.780083; -92.08778. The Duluth South Breakwater Outer Light is a lighthouse on the south breakwater of the Duluth Ship Canal in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. [2] [3] [4] It forms a range with the Duluth South Breakwater Inner Light to guide ships into the canal from ...
Coal: 63,616 long tons (64,637 t) MV Paul R. Tregurtha is a Great Lakes -based bulk carrier freighter. She is the current Queen of the Lakes, an unofficial but widely recognized title given to the longest vessel active on the Great Lakes. [1] Launched as MV William J. De Lancey, she was the last of the thirteen "thousand footers" to enter ...
Added to NRHP. August 4, 1983. The Duluth South Breakwater Inner Light is a lighthouse on the south breakwater of the Duluth Ship Canal in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. [2] [3] [4] It forms a range with the Duluth South Breakwater Outer Light to guide ships into the canal from Lake Superior. The current structure was built from 1900 to 1901.