A ride up the South Tower of the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge, special end view of the horns! May 14,21

[@normanmcgill6917]

I always wanted to see where those horns are. Now I know and from my seat in my living room. I'd never have enough guts to make that ride. Good for you guys. Thanks.

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad I could help!

[@alanquintus2069]

I'm so envious. I'd love to have a ride on the bridge. I'm glad this video exists. Thanks!

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@hornhospital]

To save people some search time, the horns are both WABCO E-2B-1s, consisting of an E2 in the center and a B-7-21 on one side and a B-7-25 on the other. Those were used on a few railroads, but rarely. In 1957 my family went to Duluth, and as we drove on to that lift bridge a flagman motioned for us to stop. He asked my dad if he wanted to drive off the bridge or ride up and down as the lift span went up, cleared the boat going through, and back down. I'm so glad dad said we'd ride! It was an experience that's stayed with me all these years. Your video brought back a great memory! Thank you!

[@PaulScinocca]

Sweet, I knew someone would know! Thanks!

[@superkarennails6621]

I know I’m 3 years late but that’s a great experience!! You also answered my question about the horn. I think this bridge goes on my bucket list!!

[@delainepep22]

I remember my Dad say they used to give rides but they don't anymore. Thanks for this it's beautiful

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you enjoyed it, they do not anymore....guessing insurance and lawyers got in the way of that....

[@victoriakefer9863]

I have always wanted to ride up in the Aerial Bridge! Thanks for the virtual trip!

[@timburton5950]

would love to have been operator for at least one season; what a beautiful view and watching those big ships pass under!

[@blazerbarrel2]

Nice view , thanks !

[@PaulScinocca]

Thanks for watching!

[@lindaluvwbelk]

I've always wanted to see this up close and real. Thank you! I've never been there, but the bridge is fascinating to this Texan!

[@Shaken_AND_Stirred]

Super cool video. Those horns look like some sort of a Leslie/Nathan style locomotive type of horn. Thank you for this really cool video. It’s sort of a “behind the scenes” type of film.

[@JohnyComeLately]

This is exactly the type of unique and limited access content I love. Thank you for sharing it!

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@garyeverettlynne9437]

What a view from up there this bridge is amazing

[@PaulScinocca]

Thanks!

[@peterg8479]

Great film! Special thanks to the bridge workers for giving you the tour.

[@joannsuggs1636]

How cool!! And, finally, we get a look at those horns!!! Great video, Paul!! Thank you!!

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@meredithschmidt8479]

grew up on park point have been on the Bridge when it was going up-when they offered rides and have been in the house on top as well as being in one of the lighthouses as a child basically my back yard

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

Very cool, although for some reason my fear of heights kicked in even though watching a video, stomach sank. Can't believe how high this looks.Beautiful views. Thank you.

[@PaulScinocca]

Thanks!

[@alkelenson648]

Rides up were available in a pedestrian cage for a small fee back in the '70's. Anyone else remember that?

[@tsunamiiwinterz-px7oz]

haha yeah I added a comment. My parents took me. It was very scary, or else I was just a wimp. I was probably 7 or 8

[@SongMom8]

I didn’t realize that the road on the bridge was a grate. And wow, that is a long ways up! Nice views.

[@donnawentz2221]

I don’t like heights but envy you for getting to do this! Thanks for showing us

[@PaulScinocca]

Any time!

[@tundrawomansays5067]

@@PaulScinocca Thanks from me too. It was a nice day when this was filmed but I imagine it’s quite....interesting during a thunder and lightening storm and the winter-Mon Dieu, the winter! Betcha nearly get blown off even wearing 50 lbs. of winter clothing :-) Are the people in Michigan generally so friendly and welcoming? Could you do some tours sometime of the mechanicals and the specs, for example of the wires? How were they spun? It looks old enough to have had spinners for the wires at both ends working back and forth. When was this bridge built? How deep are the footers? How many cubic yards of concrete and rebar did they require? This is just fascinating! (Obviously I love bridges-and you just opened Pandora’s Bridge Box!) Again, many thanks. I bet the maintenance on this bridge never ends.

[@careycummings9999]

This lift bridge is a gem of American engineering and ingenuity. Its in amazing shape for its age and the harsh winters it has to endure. Thanks for sharing!

[@normanmcgill6917]

I was just reading the reply's here and looks like you have helped a lot of people and for some, solved the mystery of the horns. Perhaps you could arrange to get a video of a ship going under the bridge while it's up. That would be cool. I remember going over the Bourne Bridge at the Cape Cod Canal back in the late forties and early fifties. It had the open grate type road like your Duluth Bridge has. If you hang your head out the window while going over the bridge and look straight down it looks like there is no road there and your hanging in the air. Scared the heck out of me to go over that bridge as it's a couple hundred feet high over the canal. Thanks again for a great video.

[@PaulScinocca]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/foSXnml_mtt-j5I, kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKvIhKqcrLmXeKs,

[@johnschulte5820]

Thanks again for all you do for us boat nerds!

[@PaulScinocca]

My pleasure! Thank you John

[@johnandrews3568]

Thx Paul... i always figured the horns were from a locomotive.

[@ricksadler797]

Cool video thank you 🙏

[@andysorensen1737]

This is really cool! Coincidentally my wife and I took our son the day before this was shot on a day trip for a boat tour and they talked about the lift bridge. Interesting to see the inner workings up close.

[@PaulScinocca]

Great, thanks! Hope you had a great time on the tour!

[@Trumpeter888]

Thanks Paul, once in a lifetime treat.. and be sure and thank the Army Corp for bringing us with.

[@PaulScinocca]

I'll do that.

[@tectorama]

Great video, and I love those horns

[@PaulScinocca]

Thanks!

[@rickrogers2649]

Very interesting video to this retired elevator mechanic. Thanks for sharing.

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you enjoyed it, as you are well aware, just like an elevator!

[@rickrogers2649]

@@PaulScinocca LOL, just super sized version. Those x marks showing you where not to stand are a great idea. In the elevator trade we call counterweights "the silent killers". Thanks again for such cool videos !

[@Cheesemaker-o2v]

A great piece of engineering. So nice to see a working example again after my local vertical lift bridge in the UK was permanently locked down in 1990. Thanks, Paul Scinocca, for the link.

[@clippedwingsjudy7008]

Exciting. Thanks for taking us along

[@PaulScinocca]

You bet!

[@m3nathan]

Thanks so much Paul, this is the view I've been hoping for for years, the close up of the Westinghouse E2B's next to the 'office', I'm so excited to see those horns. Cheers mate,

[@PaulScinocca]

You're very welcome, many people have requested, Dave was kind enough to grant me access.

[@Waterboy831]

😆🤣😆🤣😆 Gotta love the end of the video! I have been watching the lift bridge live cam almost everyday for the past few months now and have always wondered where on the bridge the horns were located. Now I know! Very neat to see the workings of it. Can't believe that this video has been posted for a year and just now saw it. Nevertheless, a great video Paul! Greetings from Monterey County, California!

[@robhay57]

WOW!!!! Thanks for taking us with you! What fun! Enjoyed the bridge history as well. :)

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you robhay57

[@artj7676]

Great video! I watch the other ground cams all the time to watch the ships come and go. first time watching the inner workings of the bridge. That was great!! 🧡🧡

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@wesleywright6484]

Wow! Would not want to be in front of those Horn's when they are being used thanks for the trip up and down to the Horn's

[@PaulScinocca]

Me neither, 😁

[@paulbergen9114]

Great view from the top well worth the price of admission. Got to inspect a railroad vertical lift bridge 30 years ago in Cleveland. What a rush! Brisk wind off the lake in a heavy drizzle and the noise and vibrations when a train crossed. Something you'll never forget Thanks for the horn closeup can't mistake that sound. If it had blown while you were next to it you'd be deaf or jumped over the top. Great video

[@PaulScinocca]

I cannot imagine that, last time I was up there I put in ear plugs knowing there was going to be a salute.

[@joesinkovits6591]

Awesome video! But, respectfully, those guys have got some balls going up in that thing: I got queasy just watching the video 🥴

[@PaulScinocca]

Its not so bad, just stay in the rails....

[@nightengale7163]

This was so cool! What a view! 👀 What a sound! 🔊🔉 I imagine employees are encouraged to wear hearing protection. Great video! 🙂👌

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you enjoyed

[@scottywalker4312]

What a cool place to work!

[@PaulScinocca]

Some days more than others.....

[@scottywalker4312]

@@PaulScinocca That’s Understandable …

[@TrainTrackTrav]

Yep, a pair of three chime horns. Look like Westinghouse products to me. So cool to finally SEE them. Looks like they got a great big air tank for them also. Looks like about an 80 gallon tank with all 3/4 inch plumbing. LOTS of air! I love the little shelter they're under. Good thing too, those old Westinghouse horns were cast iron if I remember correctly. Very cool video indeed!

[@xHadesStamps]

They are indeed WABCo.

[@daviddunn5264]

Wow that's impressive 👏. Always wondered exactly where the horns were at ... now we know. Thanks again

[@PaulScinocca]

my pleasure David!

[@johnmanthey6034]

That is one heck of a view from up there.

[@PaulScinocca]

Indeed it is!

[@hughwhaley3179]

That would be a awesome job working up there thanks for sharing 🛳️👍

[@romie1967]

Wow! Thanks for the up close tour!!!

[@PaulScinocca]

You bet!

[@coltsfan79]

Amazing view, but with my luck I'd be the one to fall through the gap.

[@PaulScinocca]

that would be a day-ender...

[@tundrawomansays5067]

@@PaulScinocca And a night one too....

[@aspiceronni4462]

Yeah it would be kinda hard to bounce back from that.

[@frankpeck1448]

Thank you, Paul, for the Fantastic Tour...and the Close Up and Personal look at the horns. Very distinctive, and Understandably loud-sounding!

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@difreighterwatcher8603]

WOW Lucky You! What a spectacular view. I've been watching your videos and thought it would be great to see the view from the Bridge. Thanks so much for Sharing. Looking forward to more. 🌞

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Dlfreighter watcher.

[@gregmctevia5087]

That was really something. Don't recall seeing any other ship spotters on the bridge doing videos so you must know a guy. Really enjoyable. Thanks for sharing.

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mark9724]

That was awesome

[@PaulScinocca]

Thanks!

[@crzycatlady62]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

[@PaulScinocca]

Thanks for watching!

[@michaeladams8383]

Mike from Brantford ontario canada how friken cool is this video and beautiful cheers buddy ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@PaulScinocca]

Thanks!

[@vastylebbq5203]

Really cool Paul.. Thanks for the tour. Keep them coming. Really enjoy your stuff.

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you like them! I'll try to add some different videos.

[@louGriggs1944]

Very interesting seeing how that works. The horns are smaller than I had imagined but sure a lot of sound comes out of them. Thanks for shooting this. Working up there though would definitely not be for me.

[@PaulScinocca]

You're welcome!

[@klesmiley]

I also imagined the horns to be much larger! And one set pointing west and the other pointing east. And where on the bridge are they located? At either end, there is a "box". Is that where they are? And is there a set of horns at each end of the bridge? Thanks for sharing all this with us! I really enjoyed it.

[@kathybopp1721]

Thank you for sharing this video, as well as the description of the history of the bridge, the changes over time, as well as the bridge horn. I loved it!!!

[@katherinec9824]

Awesome video. I live on the Gulf Coast, but grew up not far from the Great Lakes. Watch the Duluth Harbor cams. This offers some really good perspective. Thank you!

[@PaulScinocca]

My pleasure, thanks Katherine!

[@paulsmallriver6066]

Thank you! Old timers will remember that scary old thing this beauty replaced. This made me happy to see.

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@toddlistul3035]

Nice view from a retired Ironworker...

[@PaulScinocca]

Indeed! (not from an iron worker :-)

[@davidmontgomery1016]

That was pretty cool. A view that us boaters don't normally get to see. Great view of Duluth.

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@bodeans59]

Thanks for showing this! I've always wanted to see the workings of this bridge.

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@KathyJennings-e4x]

Even just watching the video made me anxious. Glad to see there are people able to go up & down every day. Nerves of steel on a bridge of steel.❤

[@PaulScinocca]

😁 Thanks.

[@ZekenStreak]

Very cool. Finally got to see those horns.

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you liked to see them!

[@SteveMikre44]

Just awesome Paul! While up on the south side of the bridge it must of felt you were actually experiencing a slice of heaven...

[@PaulScinocca]

Yes it was!

[@wb8ujb]

I've watched so many video's of this bridge going up. Every time I always wonder where the horns are for the salute. Thank You so very much for this video. Very informative, and now I know. :)

[@PaulScinocca]

My pleasure, thank you Robert

[@aspiceronni4462]

Man how cool is that?

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

Thanks for sharing Paul! Beautiful views but you wouldn't catch me up that high. Me and heights don't agree lol

[@PaulScinocca]

Its fun up there !

[@richwielechowski5191]

Thanks for the tour. Bridge tender needs a good air rifle to deal with the pigeons pooping all over the bridge.

[@PaulScinocca]

Indeed!

[@tundrawomansays5067]

They acclimate too and there’'s a lot more of them than you!l

[@brucewilliams8714]

Thank you Paul. I've been following your vids for a while from here in Australia, so the backstory completes the picture. Your icy winters amaze me.

[@PaulScinocca]

Thanks! Enjoy the warm weather "down" there !

[@tundrawomansays5067]

Bruce, your summers terrify me but it’s good to hear from an Aussie who’s clearly still alive. With all the wildfires you have had recently during your summers I began to think you’d all been cremated, my friend!

[@brucewilliams8714]

@@tundrawomansays5067 Thanks for your concern. Fortunately, last summer was nothing like the previous disastrous one. It is something we're very aware of as each summer approaches. We have, in our state of Victoria, a danger rating for potential bushfires, from Low up to Catastrophic. Days predicted to be High, Very High, Extreme, or Catastrophic are Total Fire Ban days, when no fire outside is permitted, camp fires, home BBQs, even some power tools which might cause sparks. Nonetheless, fires lit by lightning are still possible. The record temperature in our area was on Black Saturday, a few years ago - 47.8°C. That said, last night here our minimum slipped below 0° Celsius, and was only 2° at 8.00 a.m. But it's lovely and sunny right now. Cheers from us.

[@TempoDrift1480]

That's awsome to see those horns!!!

[@PaulScinocca]

Thanks, many have asked to see them! I was fortunate they allowed it.

[@MrRandom750]

The horn group on fb just had a discussion on what the horns actually are as far as brand and model. What a view On that bridge.

[@PaulScinocca]

Good timing then... Thanks

[@leonard7736]

That was epic, thanks for sharing, very impressive...

[@therago-xm7lg]

I remember a friend telling me until the 70s or 80s people could go up with the bridge when it opened and it amazes me how those small horns can make such a loud sound (along with the fact I think it's funny they put a train horn the bridge)

[@PaulScinocca]

I heard they charged .25 C to ride the bridge.

[@dslpwr]

I wonder what it’s like sitting up in that control room during a nasty snowstorm

[@PaulScinocca]

All I can tell you is the bridge moves, a lot more than you'd think!

[@tsunamiiwinterz-px7oz]

When I was a little kid my parents took me on that bridge (back when they still gave rides). It was terrifying, because i was just a kid and that little chain link fence was all that was separating you from falling.

[@jeremycox571]

Must be a nice view , I need to move there

[@PaulScinocca]

I did like the view from the south a little better.

[@tundrawomansays5067]

I think you’d have to get a Mental Health Evaluation and purchase a rider for a Pigeon Life Insurance Protection Plan ;-) And a ton of winter clothes as well. But it could be a lot of fun in warmer weather!

[@marci3667]

Don’t like heights in the least but always wondered how it was raised and also about the horns! Thank you for sharing!

[@PaulScinocca]

You bet!

[@RobertValinsky]

Enjoyed the video very much!! I like the horns on the bridge , westinghouse E2B1. The pennsylvania railroad used these horns on some of their locomotives.

[@F.W.ENDER.75]

I remember taking a ride up on a class trip back in the 70s. I believe there was a chain link fence on the the lake side of the bridge walk way/side walk I was just a kid...I remember it being scary fun.

[@PaulScinocca]

Rumors have it they charged 2 bits to ride the bridge.

[@RedTideRTS]

I’ve gotten to do this twice 11 years ago! Pretty awesome experience!

[@WenDizzy06]

That was so cool!!!!

[@PaulScinocca]

Thanks Wendy!

[@larrykeenan598]

It sure is nice to have friends in high places.

[@PaulScinocca]

lol!

[@dawnr2892]

That was amazing Paul, thanks

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@1Long2Short]

Very cool video! It never occurred to me that the bridge had two sets of horns, but it makes sense in retrospect... as the sound is the same on both sides.

[@PaulScinocca]

Honest time, neither did I ! 😁

[@tundrawomansays5067]

@@PaulScinocca I’m certain it does take some getting use to but Mr. Scinocca, one would never suspect you were ever uncomfortable up there.

[@guyfuller1369]

You made my knees hurt! Can’t stand heights. I’ll probs have nightmares about this. Great view, but I’m glad you’re up there, not me. It’s just a danged shame the flying rats have to decorate everything. Cheers!

[@PaulScinocca]

I think it the sky-rats along with Pigeons, the latter being the major offender....

[@tundrawomansays5067]

@@PaulScinocca At least the pigeons have earned their racing stripes.

[@oldrustycars]

I got dizzy standing on the ground looking up at the raised bridge. "There is no way something that big and heavy can go up that high."

[@centexan]

It could be cool if they'd let you mount a camera on the bridge looking down the canal into the lake. Different perspective for sure.

[@PaulScinocca]

Did that once without permission, boy did I get in trouble, otherwise I do have a few vids from up there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKvIhKqcrLmXeKs

[@centexan]

@@PaulScinocca Ruh-Roh!! 😳😳 They probably wouldn't think too kindly if a drone was over the canal either. Oh, well. I watched the link you gave. It's a great view for sure. AND it was the James Barker with a Master's salute. Your detailed description of the Barker is a good read too. Superb.

[@jeffd4056]

That is so cool Thanks I’ve always wanted to do that

[@PaulScinocca]

Thanks!

[@adey88splace]

Pretty cool! That bridge is alot bigger than I thought. Always wanted to see this and horns at the end was nice touch.

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you liked it!

[@CALI2013]

Awesome I would love to get to do that

[@PaulScinocca]

Thanks

[@peter15871]

your one lucky fellow to get a treat like that great stuff paul im jealous

[@PaulScinocca]

Thanks Peter, really was a work situation, just took advantage of it 😁

[@NorthRunner64]

Six trumpets, no wonder so mellow.

[@rockeerockey6941]

Mellow?? 😆

[@PaulScinocca]

3 for East, 3 for West

[@PaulScinocca]

indeed.... .

[@normsweet1710]

I been wondering what a ride to the top was like, thanks to you Paul I now know. Great video and mostly a learning experience 👍, I very much enjoy your videos, my Dad would take us kids (all 7 of us ) to the Soo Locks when we were all younger ,( 1965) I acquired an interest in all things shipping . Thank You

[@benjamingaines6472]

Thanks Paul! You the man.

[@PaulScinocca]

You bet!

[@spiercephotography]

This is so cool, thank you! What a great view. I’m more intrigued by the iron work than the city views 😂

[@PaulScinocca]

It is amazing engineering.

[@spiercephotography]

@@PaulScinocca it really is! I find it so fascinating. Work around construction myself (whereas you actually do the work... 😅) and I can spend all day watching a talented craftsman (ironworkers, electricians, masonry etc) go and plenty of time admiring the end result!

[@tundrawomansays5067]

@@spiercephotography Me as well. I remember when I saw my first cable stay bridge in person when it was completed and pulling over to the side of the road to take pictures and walk on it. IMO, they’re truly beautiful. I love the impression of sail boats they give, so graceful, symmetrical etc. They’re iron, concrete etc. works of art. Our men from The Iroquois Confederacy work on the bridges as well as the skyscrapers. True, they do have to boom around at times but it’s a relief when they walk in the door at the end of the week at some ungawdly hour Fri. Night/Sat. morning. Sometimes the jobs are so far away we go to see them for the weekends when we can. So nice to “meet” someone else who is intrigued as well!

[@Kathleensailorgirl]

Thanks for sharing another great video, wow what a view ...amazing ⛵️⛵️💕

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@wendymogulphotorealestatep190]

Wow I can see a lot of B\W images from that vantage point!!..

[@PaulScinocca]

indeed

[@gingerbread6614]

Great video. Thanks

[@ronsmith1364]

Always blamed the ships for the horn blasts, didn't realize the bridge blasted back.. Very neat vlog & showcases a neat bit of 19th century tech. Thanks for sharing.

[@PaulScinocca]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@xHadesStamps]

Ships generally don’t have train horns

[@woodstock911snoopy]

That is a great ride to the top!! Great view!! I sure they had a great laugh about the horns!! ❤❤❤

[@TOTALCAMARO]

There’s no no way that I would be up there. Amazing to see but I will stay on the ground. Thank you very much. 😜

[@jefferyschurman3535]

That was cool !

[@PaulScinocca]

Thanks!

[@WaltANelsonPHD]

Thank you, Paul. Great editing, too.

[@PaulScinocca]

Thank you too!

[@David-wu7jj]

I got nervous watching the video, (don't like heights) thanks for the video

[@PaulScinocca]

No worries! No boatnerds were harmed in making this video 😂