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Man-o-man look at the smoke. I believe we see a steam powered tug in the harbor. Caption is below.
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The bluffs that overlook Duluth offer spectacular views of the Superior and Saint Louis bays, Lake Superior, Superior, Wisconsin, and Duluth itself. Yet, however majestic, getting up to the top of the bluffs was a chore, even into the earlier part of the streetcar era. Transit in Duluth began with a horsecar system, but a line to the top of the bluffs was not part of the system as there was no feasible or reasonable way for a horse to pull a practical horsecar up this steep incline. Electric streetcars could not surmount this steep of an incline either, so an incline rail system was constructed to tackle the challenge. The photo shows the second of three iteractions of the Duluth Incline, with the incline car stopped to pick up passengers at an intermediate station. On the track opposite the incline car can be seen the counterweight used to help pull the car up the grade and gradually descend. Running on the right-of-way for 7th Avenue West, the incline was one of the last transit lines on the Duluth Street Railway system, surviving until the shutdown in 1939.
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The bluffs that overlook Duluth offer spectacular views of the Superior and Saint Louis bays, Lake Superior, Superior, Wisconsin, and Duluth itself. Yet, however majestic, getting up to the top of the bluffs was a chore, even into the earlier part of the streetcar era. Transit in Duluth began with a horsecar system, but a line to the top of the bluffs was not part of the system as there was no feasible or reasonable way for a horse to pull a practical horsecar up this steep incline. Electric streetcars could not surmount this steep of an incline either, so an incline rail system was constructed to tackle the challenge. The photo shows the second of three iteractions of the Duluth Incline, with the incline car stopped to pick up passengers at an intermediate station. On the track opposite the incline car can be seen the counterweight used to help pull the car up the grade and gradually descend. Running on the right-of-way for 7th Avenue West, the incline was one of the last transit lines on the Duluth Street Railway system, surviving until the shutdown in 1939.
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