Image: Aerial transfer bridge (ferry), Duluth, Minnesota, ca.1920 (CHS-5034)

Description: Aerial transfer bridge (ferry), Duluth, Minnesota, ca.1920 Photograph of the aerial transfer bridge (ferry), at Duluth, Minnesota, ca.1920. The bridge stands several stories tall and was built to ferry people from one side of the canal to the other. In the middle of the metal truss bridge, suspended from a moving metal under-carriage, is the ferry car that transports passengers. People can be seen waiting on the right side of the canal, near a building. On the left side of the lake are a few buildings and houses. In the foreground, there is a pier-like walkway.; "Completed in 1905, Duluth's new Aerial Transfer Bridge carried up to 62-1/2 tons including automobiles, horses and wagons, and pedestrian traffic. It took 5 cents and about one minute to transit the 300-foot wide ship canal one way, and a crossing was made about every 5 minutes when demand was heavy. Two 40 horsepower electric motors beneath the suspended car or 'gondola' pulled cables which moved it from side to side while hanging from tracks mounted on the fixed truss overhead. In the event of a power failure, the motorman could hand-power the gondola across the canal." -- unknown author. Call number: CHS-5034 Photographer: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 Filename: CHS-5034 Coverage date: circa 1920 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Format: glass plate negatives Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Duluth Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 5034 Microfiche number: 1-57-; 1-121-22 Archival file: chs_Volume79/CHS-5034.tiff Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 2 photograph : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): transportation features Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1920 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs Geographic subject (state): Minnesota Legacy record ID: chs-m12638; USC-1-1-1-12792 Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Subject (file heading): Transportation -- Water -- Ferries; General Subjects -- Transportation -- Water Subject (lcsh): Ferries; Lakes
Title: Aerial transfer bridge (ferry), Duluth, Minnesota, ca.1920 (CHS-5034)
Credit: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/12168
Author: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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