ENGER PARK TOWER - GIFT TO DULUTH FROM NORWAY

These photos were taken in August when my niece Stacie visited us.  

Enger Tower and Enger Park were deteriorating over the years, and now the grounds have been improved to what they used to be 40 years ago, when I first came here...the tower has been restored to the beautiful tower that it was when the King and Queen of Norway first gifted it to our city! When my parents came to Duluth with my younger siblings the first summer I lived here, my Dad took the kids up to the top of the tower (as you see Stacie did in the photo above) and they still talk about how much fun that was for them as kids. We saw a lot of families there with kids and it's nice to know that it is now safe for them to climb to the top as it was when my brothers and sister went to the top! From the top of the tower you can imagine the views you see...just look at the view in the above photo that I took from the bottom of the tower! If you live in Duluth and you have not been to the tower lately, you should take some time and go up to it...you won't be sorry!!!

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From Wikipedia.org

Enger Tower is an 80-foot (24 m), five-story bluestone observation tower atop Enger Hill in Duluth, MN. The tower is at an elevation of 451 feet (137 m) above Lake Superior, providing panoramic views of the Twin Ports. Each of the tower's levels has a lookout that is accessible by stairs. A green beacon mounted on top of the tower can be seen for many miles.

Dedicated by Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha of Norway on June 15, 1939, the tower memorializes Bert Enger, a Norwegian immigrant who found success as a furniture seller and donated the land for Enger Park.

During the recent restoration, the area Rotary Clubs provided lights that shine on each side of the tower, so that it can be seen at night.