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St. Louis Levee

The view was taken from Bloody Island, near the Railroad Depot, on the Illinois side of the Missssippi, and shows the steamboats lying at the Levee, in the vicinity of tile Custom House, and the Court House, the upper portion of which is seen in the distance. The river front here, for a long distance, is generally crowded with steamers, lying abreast of each other, in tiers of three and four deep, indicating the extraordinary commerce of the city.