Doug Verdier's July 27, 2020 Water Works Photos, plus History at Heart Photos

Editors Note: Mill District resident Doug Verdier continues to document the progress of the Water Works project.

Below are the latest images from the Water Works site. There is a lot of landscaping work underway, and the machine that transports soil from the Parkway into the Water Works site is quite something to watch.

The four photos above show crews landscaping a section of the future Water Works Park above the newly constructed promenade that runs parallel to West River Parkway. Top photo shows a load of soil that will be scooped into a hopper (photo #4), and then onto a conveyor that transports the soil to the location where workers spread and tamp it down.

View from First Street of an area being landscaped. The conveyor machinery in the background is on West River Parkway.

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Below, images of an outdoor display called History at Heart on the chain link fencing behind the Mill City Museum. The Minnesota Historical Society sponsored History at Heart around the theme “We are living in a historic moment.” People of all ages inscribed heartfelt messages on wooden heart cutouts and attached them to the fence. Several hundred hearts are visible along the walkway, and many of the messages are quite moving. The display is worth a walk along the sidewalk to see.

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