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DUBUQUE HIGH BRIDGE COMPANY
DUBUQUE HIGH BRIDGE COMPANY. The Dubuque High Bridge Company was organized by Bernard J. O'Neill, president; John MacDonald, secretary; and A. Kammann, treasurer in 1886. One of the early supporters of a WAGON BRIDGE and a later a stockholder was John E. Ellwanger. Over the years, Ellwanger gradually acquired a controlling interest in the company and served as its president until his death in 1917.
William Edward ELLWANGER, Sr. succeeded his father as company president. When the bridge commission for the JULIEN DUBUQUE BRIDGE purchased the shares of the company and took over its operation, William was asked to remain in his position due to his vast experience in bridge management and operation.
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Source:
1. Kruse, Len. My Old Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa: Center for Dubuque History-Loras College, 2000, p. 102
