Park in downtown Minneapolis, standing on the west side of Saint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River, interprets the history of flour milling in Minneapolis and shows the ruins of several flour mills that were abandoned

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Mill Ruins Park is a park in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, standing on the west side of Saint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River. The park interprets the history of flour milling in Minneapolis and shows the ruins of several flour mills that were abandoned.

The park is the result of an archaeological study of the Saint Anthony Falls Historic District. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. In 1983, a project was being considered to extend West River Parkway along the west side of the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis. Scott Anfinson, then the municipal county highway archaeologist for the Minnesota Historical Society, developed a plan to assess archaeological sites along the riverfront. A number of test excavations along the route revealed a wide variety of sites containing items of interest.

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