Clyde Iron Hotel’s Suites have been meticulously designed to fit every need for those who are coming to Duluth.
Northwestern Manufacturing, later becoming Clyde Iron Works in 1901, was founded on October 21, 1899. It was one of many heavy industrial fabricators in Duluth, a factory town and port city.
With hoists in high demand, one of the first products built by Clyde was the McGiffert Log Loader, a steam-powered, self-propelled hoist. The success of the loader drove the construction of their first dedicated building in 1907.
Called to duty for WWI and WWII, Clyde made hoists and derricks for the Army and was awarded the Army-Navy “E” for excellent war manufacturing service.
Clyde Iron Works built some of the largest cranes in the world at the time and was instrumental in completing well-known projects such as the Panama Canal, the Empire State Building, and the Golden Gate Bridge.
In 1986, the Duluth operation closed and moved to St. Paul, merging with the marine division of American Hoist & Derrick to become AmClyde. From that time on, the Lincoln Park site was used for numerous purposes including making replacement parts for AmClyde’s custom-built cranes and being used as a build-to-print contract metal fabricator and machine shop.
A New Clyde Iron
In 2003, the site was purchased by Duluthian Alessandro Giuliani. Redevelopment of the site into Clyde Park was planned in three phases. The first phase included major infrastructure updates and renovations of one of the machine shops into the Heritage Hall, the Duluth Heritage Sports Center’s central operations building. Phase two included the construction of the Heritage Sports Center’s Sill and Seitz rinks, attached to Heritage Hall. The third phase called for the development of Clyde Park’s restaurant and entertainment venue.
In 2013, Clyde Park received a Minnesota Brownsfield ReScape Award in the community impact category for its redevelopment. These awards are given to projects that have transformed abandoned or under-utilized sites using innovative solutions to solve contamination issues. In 2016, Clyde also earned the Minnesota Brownsfield People’s Choice Award.
In 2022 Clyde Park unveiled phase 4, A hotel named Clyde Iron Hotel. This hotel was to be built in the old Foundry Building where the iron would be melted during the Clyde Iron Days. With an emphasis on Industrial Elegance the 9 Suite hotel opened in 2024 and features tall ceilings, personal saunas, king beds, and so much more.
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