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Posted on: Feb. 08 2005,10:25 pm |
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1952 Aerial view of the town
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jimhanson
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Posted on: Feb. 09 2005,1:07 pm |
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A couple of questions and comments:
Hard to see-but isn't the '54 building on the Courthouse? There is a long structure that terminates close to the street there. There was the old jail in what used to be the east parking lot, but did it extend all the way to Broadway before the 54 building was built?
It's hard to make out in the photo--what was at the termination of the north end of Broadway? In the area where the park is now--it looks like an inlet at the end of the road, riprap on the old lakeshore, and some structures at the end. Was this the old casino?
The famous (infamous) concrete water tower. Didn't hold water, but the contractor successfully defended by saying there was nothing in the contract that said the water tower had to hold water.
Hard to tell, but it looks like the cars are parallel parked on Broadway.
You can see S. Broadway going away in the distance, but can't see S.E. Broadway going past the Elks intersection. When was that section built?
Note the standing water on th south side of town.
One of the things that stands out in old aerial photos is the lack of trees. Back then, (and in the prior decades), trees were used for fuel. Compare old aerial photos with current ones--we have far more trees today than we had back then.
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ICU812
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Posted on: Feb. 09 2005,1:26 pm |
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Never ever heard a thing about that water tower. Didnt sayin the contract it had to hold water, now thats funny.
Another thing I noticed in the picture was a lack of presence of Main St., also the inlet/bay of water on the left side of the picture. Was that filled in, or what? Or is it the channel?
Cool Pic Lib
Edited by ICU812 on Feb. 09 2005,1:27 pm
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ICU812
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Posted on: Feb. 09 2005,1:29 pm |
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I bet it would be cool to look at the actual picture with about 5x magnification
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Posted on: Feb. 09 2005,3:40 pm |
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You're right, jim. It looks like there is a structure just this side of the old clock tower.
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jimhanson
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Posted on: Feb. 09 2005,6:07 pm |
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Here's another aerial shot, 1953, looking from over Bridge Street towards the old dump, Bancroft Creek, and Wedge Nursery. Note the lack of trees.
The scanner says it is 274 kb. How do I get it down to the 100 kb. limit? Anybody know how to rotate the image 90 degrees?
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GEOKARJO
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Posted on: Feb. 09 2005,11:04 pm |
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Jim send me the image to george@web-room.net
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jimhanson
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Posted on: Feb. 10 2005,5:12 pm |
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Further to the mention I made of the concrete water tower that didn't hold water. I tried a Google search, and an advanced search on the Tribune site. I was sure that I had read it some time ago, and that Ed Shannon had done the article. I called Bev Jackson at the Historical Society, and she came up with the article--dated 9-27-91. Here are some excerpts:
It was called the "million dollar lamp post". For more than 40 years, what looked like a misplaced turret from a European Castle dominated the Albert Lea Skyline. (snip)
Someone in Albert Lea decided a distinctive water storage facility could be created with reinforced concrete. (snip)
The odd-looking concrete water tower was constructed in 1920. (snip) Despite one of its nicknames, the entire structure cost $65,000 to build".
The new tower soon became the focus of an interesting legal battle. The tank leaked when it was filled. City officials decided not to pay the contractor for a leaky tank. Yet, they had to eventually settle with the tower's builder because the contract just didn't even specify that the tank had to hold water." After several attempts and some unexpected expenditures of money, a brick liner finally sealed the troublesome leaks. For about 19 years the concrete tower was the major landmark on the north edge of the central business district. In 1939, a new elevated water storage tower constructed of more conventional steel material was erected next to the strange structure."
The tower, no longer in use, was torn down in 1961. The curved retaining wall behind the library is all that remains.
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GEOKARJO
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Posted on: Feb. 11 2005,8:40 pm |
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Posted for Jim Hanson
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Posted on: Feb. 11 2005,8:44 pm |
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Posted for Jim Hanson
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