Photos: St. Anthony Falls and the changing Minneapolis riverfront
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The story of St. Anthony Falls is inextricably tied to the story of Minneapolis, where a city grew up around more than 150 years of attempts — some successful and some disastrous — to yoke the only waterfall of the longest river in North America.
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