Aerial Lift Bridge Control Room

While the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge is photographed from nearly every angle, not many folks know what it looks like inside the control room that sits midway in the center of the lift span.

From this control room, Bridge Operators monitor weather, boat traffic, road traffic, people on the ground and the instrumentation to operator the bridge.  It's and interesting job, and certainly the best office view in town.

Click HERE or on the image to step in and take a 360 view of the control room where the Bridge Operators work.

East View

West View

Camera News

3/11/2015--12:00 Canal Cam upgrade complete - let me know if you have any issues with it.
The view should be clearer and I will tweak the audio once there are boats moving.
Thanks again to everyone that donated for the new camera and I hope you enjoy the view.
Den

FYI,
The Canal Cam will be down today for several hours as I change it out to an upgraded model.

I apologize in advance if it takes longer -- there are usually some glitches to work through.

Crimson Sunrise

Wednesday 07:20

CGC Alder Making Tracks

Nature is quickly making CGC Alder's job much easier. The harbor ice is quickly breaking up and the ice on Lake Superior is shrinking rapidly.  I even let my chickens out in the yard this afternoon.

Camera Upgrade Wednesday

FYI,
This coming Wednesday, I will be replacing the Canal Cam with the new one that we raised funds for last December.  The image will be clearer with better dynamic range.

I will also be moving the camera mic into a better location to hear the announcements.

With any luck, it will be the best cam on the Great Lakes.

That said,  there will be a several hour outage while I make the changes.

Once again, thanks to everyone who donated to these projects.
Den