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U.S. ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
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U.S. ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY. Incorporated on April 17, 1883, to provide ELECTRIC POWER to Dubuque. The company was capitalized at $50,000 by William J. KNIGHT, Caleb H. BOOTH, W. H. Peabody, John Thompson, A. Kammann, E. T. Kern, W. J. Peaslee, Frank D. STOUT, and J. T. Howard.
The 1886-87 Dubuque City Directory listed 817 Main.