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8-Sep-2021 /
Mississippi River Cruise & Lunch |
Harriet Island looking across to the St. Paul skyline.
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Our tour arrived early for the cruise and made this area of the dock look busy.
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Our ship for Cruise is the Anson Northrup.
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View from up top
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Tables 1 - 4 on the lower deck.
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Tables 5 - 8 on the lower deck
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The railroad bridge is normally closed but as we approached it was opened.
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After we passed it was closed quickly.
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The railroad bridge opened as we arrived.
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There is plenty of room for our River Boat.
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Barge dock where grain is loaded on-to the barges to ship dowm the Mississippi River.
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This hiway bridge's markings showed that there is 60' of clearence today.
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The center of the 1st floor was a Post Office in the middle with glass above to the higher floors to provide light and block sound. This is now open.
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Our tour group was split into 3 groups to tour the building. This is group "A"
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This is group "B". (I am in group "C" so no photo.)
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Court Room on the 4th floor.
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Court Room on the 4th floor.
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The decorations in the Court Room on the 4th floor were typical of government buildings in the early 1900's.
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In this Court Room a panel of 3 judges convicted Rose Paster Stokes of treasion in 1918.
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In 1920 the court overturneds the conviction, also in this Court Room.
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On the 2nd floor there is an exhibit of old musical insturments.
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This is one of the oldest on exhibit.
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Several peddle Organs are on exhibit, both small and ---
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--- Large
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Even an organ I knew well. It was an electronic organ using TUBEs.
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Mom had one that I learned to play as a child.
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Hammond organs need a speaker so a special one was designed to compliment the organ.
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This is a smaller version of the speaker for the organ
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