Whose view? From where? — February 2014

Just a few people were able to correctly identify this view, which was taken from the Minneapolis Water Treatment Plant in Fridley.

Eric Otterness gets it right almost every month, and February was no exception. He correctly identified the location thusly: This is a view looking upstream in front of the Minneapolis Water Works in Fridley. There is a small island in front of the plant that can be seen on the left side of the picture. The main channel is on the other side of this island. As far as I know this island has no name.

Another correct responder was Michelle Zwicky, correctly describing the view as Downstream from the Minneapolis Water Works plant...North of the Camden Bridge and South of I-694 on the East side of the river in Fridley MN.

We even got an entry from Liz Wielinski, who was recently elected as president of the Minneapolis Park Board. I am going to guess that this is a view from the Minneapolis Water treatment plant pumping building, looking north toward the treatment building on the Mississippi in Fridley, just north of the Camden Bridge, offered Wielinski, followed by a confession that she was actually on the tour with FMR staffer Alicia Uzarek when the photo was taken.

About Whose view? From where?

Each month in this section, we feature a photo somewhere along the river corridor in the Twin Cities that is in some way significant or important or just plain scenic. Individuals may then e-mail us and identify the view and explain why they believe it is significant to the community or important to them personally. Well publish some of your responses in the next issue of Mississippi Messages, where we will also reveal the correct answer.

To submit your guess and response, e-mail Irene Jones, River Corridor Program Director, through our contact form. The respondent to provide the first correct identification of the view and hopefully some interesting thoughts about its significance will receive a valuable prize for their effort. All entries must be received by the first day of the following month for consideration.

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