On This Date in Minnesota History: May 3

May 3, 1959 – “Crowds were on the Duluth piers when the merchant vessel Ramon de Larrinaga passed under the Aerial Bridge, the first up-bound ship to traverse the newly opened St. Lawrence Seaway. The British-registered vessel loaded grain at the Peavey and Cargill elevators before departing for Montreal and a voyage across the North Atlantic.”

http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part2.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Duluth_canal.jpg

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