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by Chris Gregerson
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Available format: 6 megapixel (3072 x 2048 total resolution)
picture date: 2004-01-15 (email to request a print)
picture date: 2004-01-15 (email to request a print)
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This is the Washburn Water Tower, on Prospect Avenue in south Minneapolis.
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marshall memphis -- 2007-12-01
This tower is on the top of a hill at about 50th and Grand, on or near what was a final approach or glide path to Wold Chamberlin airport, now renamed MSP International. The importance of this is that it is a aerial navagitation hazard, and shows prominently on the maps pilots use. In the 1950's an airplane hit the tower and crashed into a house near Minnehaha Parkway. The authorities searched for a long time for missing parts of the plane, finally finding them near this water tower.
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