Postcard from the Merchandise Docks and Passenger Terminals

Paul Lundgren Dec 17, 2024 1 Comment

This undated postcard, published by Kreiman’s Lyceum News & Bookstore, shows a portion of Duluth’s waterfront warehouse district at some point in the first half of the 20th century. The large building with “Fireproof Storage” on the side in large letters is the Northern Cold Storage & Warehouse Company.

The caption on the back of the card reads:

Over the busy docks of the Port of Duluth pass more freight than any harbor in the United States outside of New York City. Iron ore, grain, dairy products, coal, automobiles and lumber comprise the bulk of its shipping tonnage. In summer, small Scandinavian freighters frequently visit this inland port.

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Kodiak

about 4 weeks ago 

Keep these coming! A merchandise mart and passenger terminals on the docks all those years ago. What do readers think of that? Today the city is rebuilding a Bayfront quayside at the DECC to accommodate an embarkation/disembarkation point for cruise ships. Pales in comparison. And to imagine consumer merch unloading at Bayfront! Something I have never known. For most of my Duluth years the port has been dominated by bulk cargo, the heft of which earned the Port of Duluth second place in gross tonnage after New York but the value added was sent downstream to the flour milling centers and steel mills.

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