[Mpls] "Doing" the Crown Hydro project!

[Annie Young]

Thank you for the marvelous pictures Sean.  I am forwarding this 
communication for our records and have asked to have the pictures printed 
out for all the Commissioners at next Wednesday's meeting.
Annie Young
citywide Park Commissioner

At 04:50 PM 5/14/04 -0500, you wrote:
>  Chris Johnson seems to fear the worst circa 1868. Let's clear up some 
> misconceptions...again.
>
>  (Also, some suggest catastophic collapse of the Stone Arch Bridge- Did 
> it fall when Mill Ruins Park was built? The Crown Hydro project would 
> preform the same type of excvation near the bridge as was done for the 
> park but in a much shallower space. Were utility lines, pollution, hidden 
> caves etc. found in the park? Did the park blow up?)
>
>  The project would reopen the old headrace channel that already exists 
> underneath the parking lot albeit filled in with debris. The channel is 
> not under the falls, it is seperated from the spillway by the lock & dam. 
> It was filled in the the 1960s so any utility lines that do exist are 
> probably accounted for (why anyone would run utility lines across the 
> crest of falls is beyond me anyway.)
>  The so called 'extension' to the Stone arch bridge would simply cross 
> this restored water-filled channel, which would have exisited originally. 
> The plans call for this extension to be planks similar to the plank road 
> in front of the Mill City Museum. The 'extension' will make the approch 
> the bridge better and more visible.
>
>Photos- a must see!!!
>
>1929 picture of west side- (cookies must be enabled)
>
>http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/image.cfm?imageid=81320&Page=8&Digital=Yes&Keywords=stone%20arch&Type=Photo%2CArtPhoto&SearchType=Basic
>
>See the plank road on the left? Trains moved above the tailraces on an 
>iron and wood bridge, parts of which can be seen in the park today. At the 
>end of the stone arch is wood, and then an iron bridge that passed over 
>another channel.
>
>1885 picture of the plank road and stone arch terminus-
>
>http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/image.cfm?imageid=77429&Page=5&Digital=Yes&Keywords=minneapolis%2E%20mill&Type=Photo%2CArtPhoto&SearchType=Basic
>
>1908- picture of headrace lagoon and iron extension of Stone Arch Bridge-
>
>http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/image.cfm?imageid=77420&Page=10&Digital=Yes&Keywords=minneapolis%2E%20mill&Type=Photo%2CArtPhoto&SearchType=Basic
>
>1936- Interesting picture of cornerstone, I wonder if its still under there.
>
>http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/image.cfm?imageid=79488&Page=14&Digital=Yes&Keywords=minneapolis%2E%20mill&Type=Photo%2CArtPhoto&SearchType=Basic
>
>I hope this helps-
>
>Sean Ryan
>AUDUBON
>
>Visit Johnstock tonight, Sat. and Sun.  Live music, Kids Fashion Show, 
>Magic Show, ART ART ART. 29th and Johson St. NE, An Art-A-Whirl event.
>Outdoor Movies tonight, kids very welcome. Bring a blanket or two- At dusk!!
>
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