Saint Anthony Falls

Saint Anthony Falls with the upper dam and lock, seen from south to east; there is also a lower dam and lock downstream

Saint Anthony Falls was a large waterfall. It is found northeast of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was the only large natural waterfall on the Upper Mississippi River. It was also called the Falls of Saint Anthony. The natural falls were replaced by a spillway after it collapsed in 1869.

Saint Anthony Falls Media

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  Albert Bierstadt painted The Falls of St. Anthony in 1880, creating an artist's impression of how the falls looked prior to industrialization.

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  Stereoscopic photograph of the suspension bridge connecting St. Anthony and Minneapolis

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  Mississippi River at Minneapolis in 2008, looking downstream. The bridge in the foreground is the Third Avenue Bridge, behind it are the Upper St Anthony Falls to the left and the upper lock and dam to the right, followed by the Stone Arch Bridge.

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  Mid 1850s Daguerreotype of St. Anthony Falls

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  Sawmills over Saint Anthony Falls, ca. 1860.

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  Looking northeast across the river ca. 1868

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  A diagram showing the recession of the falls between 1680 and 1887