High Bridge following storm
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Just fifteen years after its construction, the cyclone of 1904 took down the south end of the bridge in winds estimated at 180 miles per hour.
Date: August 20, 1904
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
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The High Bridge
A short distance west of Engine House #21 and turning north on Smith Avenue, you will eventually cross the Mississippi River on the Smith High Bridge. Of the first three bridges in the area, the High…