Neighborhoods of Duluth: Central Hillside Darling Observatory

Title:	Neighborhoods of Duluth: Central Hillside Darling Observatory
Note:	Northeast Minnesota Historical Center; http://www.d.umn.edu/lib/nemhc/, 1950

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Subject:	Central Hillside; Darling Observatory; Ninth Avenue West and Third Street; 910 West Third Street; John Darling died September 12, 1942 at the age of 95; he was the U. S. Engineer for Duluth-Superior Harbor, who oversaw the replacement of wooden canal piers with concrete piers in 1897; he left a $20,000 trust fund for its upkeep; it holds a 9 inch refractive telescope with a focal length of 130 inches that weighs about 3,000 pounds with the 10 foot tall pier; it was built by W. M. Gaertner and Company for John Darling in 1917; the observatory was operated by UMD after 1964 and finally closed with the telescope relocated to UMD; fence; dome roof; stucco
Subject:	Education
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