Hydro in Minneapolis
In 1882, the first hydroelectric power plant in the United States was built at the falls on Upton Island. The Brush Electric Company, headed by Charles F. Brush, supplied the equipment, which included five generators. The electricity was transmitted via four circuits to shops on Washington Avenue. The power plant turned on the lights on [...]
Water or Sky
While most of the visitors to the Norenberg Gardens, Three Rivers Park spend their time on the south side of North Shore Drive admiring the garden on Crystal Bay, I usually hop across the road and take a hike past the water tower and through the woods on the edge of Maxwell Bay. There’s a [...]
Swamp of the Day 10/23/10
Pussy Willows, Cattails Pussy willows, cattails, soft winds and roses, Rainbows in the woodland, water to my knees. Shivering, quivering, the warm breath of spring Pussy willows, cat-tails, soft winds and roses. Catbirds and cornfields, daydreams together riding on the roadside the dust gets in your eyes. Reveling, disheveling, the summer nights can bring Pussy [...]
Swamp of the Day 10/22/10
The Filling of the Swamps Hurrah for the storm-clouds sweeping! Hurrah for the driving rain! The dull earth out of her sleeping Is wakened to life again. There are mirrors of crystal shining Whenever the cloud-wrack breaks, And grass-clad banks are twining A wreath for the fairy lakes – – - Lakes that are links [...]
Swamp of the Day 10/21/10
The adventures of a man-turned-muck monster. Swamp Thing was once a man named Alec Holland, but after being caught on fire, doused with strange chemicals, and dumped into the Louisiana swamps by the evil Dr. Anton Arcane, Alec’s body mutated. No longer is he human, or even an animal. His body is made from the [...]
