13234. (mounted photo) Minnesota Point Lighthouse Remains, Head of Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota c.1910.
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13234. (mounted photo) Minnesota Point Lighthouse Remains, Head of Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota c.1910.
13234. (mounted photo) Minnesota Point Lighthouse Remains, Head of Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota c.1910. Early albumen photo mounted on album page section provides close clear view of the remains of the first lighthouse tower at Minnesota Point. Photo measures 3 1/8” by 5” inches and is clean save one very small spot. The long sandbar protecting Superior Bay is made up of Minnesota Point, which projects eastward for seven miles from Duluth, and Wisconsin Point, which extends three miles from the Wisconsin shore. Realizing the need to mark the entrance to the harbor, known as Superior Entry and defined by these two points, Congress appropriated $15,000 on March 3rd, 1855 for a lighthouse on Minnesota Point. The light was activated until the spring of 1858. The light was active until 1894 when tha last keepers left Minnesota Point. Today, the truncated remains of Minnesota Point’s redbrick tower remain as a reminder of times past. (VG). $28.