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The Whaleback "Christopher Columbus"

Date: 09 19 1892
Description: Captain Alexander McDougall's whaleback passenger steamer "Christopher Columbus" under construction in the shipyard of the American Steel Barge Company in ...
Photograph

McDougall Whaleback

Date: 1892
Description: Text at bottom reads: Ship Yards — McDougall Whaleback. West Superior, Wis." Whaleback steamer in the shipyards of the American Steel Barge Company.
Photograph

Ore dock of Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad

Date: 1885
Description: View of the ore dock of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad. Large logs, buildings and a railroad bridge are in the foreground.
Postcard

Great Northern Grain Elevator

Date: 1910
Description: Caption reads: "The Great Northern. One of the largest Elevators in the World, Superior, Wis."
Photograph

Duluth-Superior Bridge

Date: 1961
Description: Aerial view of the Duluth-Superior bridge.
Photograph

South Twin Island Fishing Village

Date: 1915
Description: Building, boats, and fish net drying reels on South Twin Island in the Apostle Islands archipelago.
Photograph

La Pointe Light

Date: 
Description: La Pointe Light on Long Island (Apostle Islands), Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior.
Photograph

Wharf Buildings

Date: 1969
Description: View from water of the sides of three wharf buildings in a bay of Lake Superior.
Postcard

View of Booth Fisheries Dock

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of the fishery and its dock. Caption reads: "View of Booth Fisheries Dock."
Map or Atlas

Map of West Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1886
Description: This map shows lot and block numbers, sold lots, established dock lines, docks, slips, railroads, industrial buildings, streets, and the St. Louis Bay.
Map or Atlas

Chart of Harbor at Duluth, Minn. and Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1908
Description: This map shows streets, industrial buildings, a portion of Lake Superior and other lakes, bays, and rivers in portions of Duluth and Superior. Relief is sh...
Photograph

Cornucopia Harbor

Date: 06 19 1958
Description: Slightly elevated view of Cornucopia Harbor. There is a boat moored at a pier near a barn-shaped building. An automobile is parked on the far left. In the ...
Photograph

Cornucopia Harbor

Date: 06 19 1958
Description: Slightly elevated view over water towards East slip in Cornucopia Harbor. There is a small cluster of buildings along the left and right sides with boats m...
Photograph

Michela Coal & Dock Company

Date: 
Description: View from shoreline of dock site towards Lake Superior, showing sulphur pile and a large chute in the background.
Postcard

Greetings from Superior

Date: 08 16 1946
Description: Text on front reads: "Greetings from Superior, Wis." Large Letter style postcard with a scene in the background of a fisherman on a Northern Wisconsin lake...
Postcard

Great Northern Elevator

Date: 1932
Description: Text on front reads: "G.N. Elevator, Superior, Wis." The steel and reinforced concrete grain elevator was built by the Great Northern Railroad in Superior ...
Photograph

McDougall Whaleback

Date: 1893
Description: Men are standing in the foreground on the ice-covered whaleback docked in Superior. Signs on the pilot house at the back of the boat read "Mather" on the l...

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