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[[File:BRASS.png|250px|thumb|left|]]DUBUQUE BRASS AND METAL COMPANY. The 1886-87 through 1890-91 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 755 Clay. | [[File:BRASS.png|250px|thumb|left|]]DUBUQUE BRASS AND METAL COMPANY. The 1886-87 through 1890-91 ''Dubuque City Directory'' listed 755 Clay. | ||
The Clay Street location had proven too small for sometime when the company found a new site in August 1890. The new location was on Wall Street south of Seventh Street. Architects [[FRIDOLIN HEER & SON]] designed a new three-story frame building large enough for three hundred workers. The site was considered ideal because of its location near all railroad tracks. (1) | |||
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1. "A New Factory," ''Dubuque Daily Herald'', August 28, 1890, p. 4 | |||
[[Category: Foundries]] | [[Category: Foundries]] | ||
Revision as of 03:34, 30 August 2016
DUBUQUE BRASS AND METAL COMPANY. The 1886-87 through 1890-91 Dubuque City Directory listed 755 Clay.
The Clay Street location had proven too small for sometime when the company found a new site in August 1890. The new location was on Wall Street south of Seventh Street. Architects FRIDOLIN HEER & SON designed a new three-story frame building large enough for three hundred workers. The site was considered ideal because of its location near all railroad tracks. (1)
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1. "A New Factory," Dubuque Daily Herald, August 28, 1890, p. 4
