From John:
"The illustrations aren't elaborate enough to get a feel for what it would do to the view from downtown, but does anyone really care about that? "
This past summer we had 2 visitors from Italy who spent about 2 weeks in Winona. We did the usual things, including a tour of downtown. One young man looked at all the satellite dishes near the Wilkie and commented "NASA". I think that it is strongly in Winona's best interests to improve aesthetics throughout downtown, from the levee, from the river, from the streets.
Terri Hyle.
From: "John N. Finn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Winona on line (WOD)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Winona] number four Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:42:34 -0600
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----- Original Message ----- From: Spencer Madsen To: Bob Sebo Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 f�vrier, 2004 17:58 Subject: Re: [Winona] number four
Try this one: http://www.maritimeheritagesociety.org/
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Or this one...... http://www.ussnightmare.com/history.html
That's the Ohio River's decommissioned dredge which is the sister ship of Dubuque's steam powered William M. Black . I saw it last October when attending the Tall Stacks event in Cincinnati.
Seriously though, this is an interesting development. It would solve the problem of what to do with the Wilkie. The illustrations aren't elaborate enough to get a feel for what it would do to the view from downtown, but does anyone really care about that? It would, however, block the Winona Island Cafe's view. In my opinion, the Cafe has turned what some have characterized as the tour boat ticket office fiasco into an enterprise that is doing as much to promote Winona tourism as any other entity.
It's too bad that the boat would have to be raised up and dry docked. Dubuque's dredge is still floating, but it is protected in its harbor by flood wall gates. The site plan seems to show minimal disruption of recreational docking space.
The project could be a good way to leverage the potential of Latch Island, the restored Old Wagon Bridge, and Agahaming Park. But it needs a landing for a small pedestrian and bicycle paddle wheel ferry. There was one of those in Cincinnati. Bicycling across the Interstate Bridge catwalk is somewhat intimidating, especially if you have small children with you. It could be a tourist attraction link up with the Wisconsin bicycle trails.
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