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ID: 7013622
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Record Type: administrative |
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Duluth (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 46 47 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.7833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 092 06 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -92.1000 decimal degrees |
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Note: NE Minnesota at W end of Lake Superior; although icebound in winter, is 2nd busiest port in USA for tonnage shipped; area probably explored by Radisson & Groseilliers 1654-1660; visited by Daniel Greysolon, Sieur Duluth in 1679, next by fur traders. |
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Duluth (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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had first permanent settlement in 1852, town was laid out in 1856 & incorporated in 1870 |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| inland port (C) |
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located at W end of St. Lawrence Seaway for shipping grain, crude oil, iron ore, coal & formerly timber |
| industrial center (C) |
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for steel, cement, electrical equipment & metal products |
| commercial center (C) |
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for merchandising & conventions |
| transportation center (C) |
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for rail (to NW wheat region), air, road & water |
| tourist center (C) |
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including access to Superior National Forest |
| military center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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for College of St. Scholastica, Duluth Institute of Technology & branch of University of Minnesota |
| cultural center (C) |
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for symphony, theater & art museum |
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