DUBUQUE BOAT AND BOILER WORKS - Revision history

https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=DUBUQUE_BOAT_AND_BOILER_WORKS DUBUQUE BOAT AND BOILER WORKS - Revision history 2026-04-24T10:43:47Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.1 https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_BOAT_AND_BOILER_WORKS&diff=186844&oldid=prev Randylyon at 17:06, 28 March 2026 2026-03-28T17:06:24Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:06, 28 March 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l24">Line 24:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 24:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In March, 1916 two ferryboats were completed and ready for the launch. The "Rockport" and "Queensboro" were constructed for the Crescent Navigation Company of Evansville, Indiana. [[DAVENPORT, Ira|Ira DAVENPORT]] came to Dubuque as a construction superintendent for the company and became the General Manager and Secretary-Treasurer the following year. (13)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In March, 1916 two ferryboats were completed and ready for the launch. The "Rockport" and "Queensboro" were constructed for the Crescent Navigation Company of Evansville, Indiana. [[DAVENPORT, Ira|Ira DAVENPORT]] came to Dubuque as a construction superintendent for the company and became the General Manager and Secretary-Treasurer the following year. (13)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Willow, a 200-foot, 1,070 ton, side paddlewheel river tender, was built by the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works for the US Lighthouse Service for service on the Mississippi River. Commissioned in 1924, she was decommissioned and transferred to the Army Corps of Engineers in 1945. At an average construction cost of $250,000 each, the "L. S. Thorne" (1898), "Pelican" (1902), "Albatross" (1907) and "B. F. Yoakum" (1910) and the “Willow” (1924) were important contributors to the Dubuque economy<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. </del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Willow, a 200-foot, 1,070 ton, side paddlewheel river tender, was built by the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works for the US Lighthouse Service for service on the Mississippi River. Commissioned in 1924, she was decommissioned and transferred to the Army Corps of Engineers in 1945. At an average construction cost of $250,000 each, the "L. S. Thorne" (1898), "Pelican" (1902), "Albatross" (1907) and "B. F. Yoakum" (1910) and the “Willow” (1924) were important contributors to the Dubuque economy. (14)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:AL-6.jpg|left|thumb|350px|]]Albatross, at 305 feet, had the capacity of 16 railroad cars and was the largest of its type built on the Upper Mississippi. After twelve years of duty at Vicksburg, Mississippi, the boat was returned to Keokuk and lengthened 57 feet. Rebuilt again by the Steckfus lines, the boat was renamed the "Admiral" and became a 4,400 passenger excursion boat by 1960</del>. (14)</div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:boatboiler.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Check used by the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works. Photo Courtesy: Bob Reding]]The demands of [[WORLD WAR I]] put impossible demands on the railroad system in the United States. The Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works, the second oldest boat manufacturing firm in the United States and the only one of its kind on the Mississippi River, was used during the war for the manufacture of tows, barges, dredges, submarine chasers, and Coast Guard cutters. (15)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:boatboiler.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Check used by the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works. Photo Courtesy: Bob Reding]]The demands of [[WORLD WAR I]] put impossible demands on the railroad system in the United States. The Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works, the second oldest boat manufacturing firm in the United States and the only one of its kind on the Mississippi River, was used during the war for the manufacture of tows, barges, dredges, submarine chasers, and Coast Guard cutters. (15)</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_BOAT_AND_BOILER_WORKS&diff=186843&oldid=prev Randylyon at 17:03, 28 March 2026 2026-03-28T17:03:27Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:03, 28 March 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l26">Line 26:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 26:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Willow, a 200-foot, 1,070 ton, side paddlewheel river tender, was built by the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works for the US Lighthouse Service for service on the Mississippi River. Commissioned in 1924, she was decommissioned and transferred to the Army Corps of Engineers in 1945. At an average construction cost of $250,000 each, the "L. S. Thorne" (1898), "Pelican" (1902), "Albatross" (1907) and "B. F. Yoakum" (1910) and the “Willow” (1924) were important contributors to the Dubuque economy. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Willow, a 200-foot, 1,070 ton, side paddlewheel river tender, was built by the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works for the US Lighthouse Service for service on the Mississippi River. Commissioned in 1924, she was decommissioned and transferred to the Army Corps of Engineers in 1945. At an average construction cost of $250,000 each, the "L. S. Thorne" (1898), "Pelican" (1902), "Albatross" (1907) and "B. F. Yoakum" (1910) and the “Willow” (1924) were important contributors to the Dubuque economy. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[Image:AL-6.jpg|left|thumb|350px|]]Albatross, at 305 feet, had the capacity of 16 railroad cars and was the largest of its type built on the Upper Mississippi. After twelve years of duty at Vicksburg, Mississippi, the boat was returned to Keokuk and lengthened 57 feet. Rebuilt again by the Steckfus lines, the boat was renamed the "Admiral" and became a 4,400 passenger excursion boat by 1960. (14)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>[Image:AL-6.jpg|left|thumb|350px|]]Albatross, at 305 feet, had the capacity of 16 railroad cars and was the largest of its type built on the Upper Mississippi. After twelve years of duty at Vicksburg, Mississippi, the boat was returned to Keokuk and lengthened 57 feet. Rebuilt again by the Steckfus lines, the boat was renamed the "Admiral" and became a 4,400 passenger excursion boat by 1960. (14)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:boatboiler.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Check used by the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works. Photo Courtesy: Bob Reding]]The demands of [[WORLD WAR I]] put impossible demands on the railroad system in the United States. The Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works, the second oldest boat manufacturing firm in the United States and the only one of its kind on the Mississippi River, was used during the war for the manufacture of tows, barges, dredges, submarine chasers, and Coast Guard cutters. (15)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:boatboiler.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Check used by the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works. Photo Courtesy: Bob Reding]]The demands of [[WORLD WAR I]] put impossible demands on the railroad system in the United States. The Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works, the second oldest boat manufacturing firm in the United States and the only one of its kind on the Mississippi River, was used during the war for the manufacture of tows, barges, dredges, submarine chasers, and Coast Guard cutters. (15)</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_BOAT_AND_BOILER_WORKS&diff=186842&oldid=prev Randylyon at 16:59, 28 March 2026 2026-03-28T16:59:08Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:59, 28 March 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l25">Line 25:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 25:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Willow, a 200-foot, 1,070 ton, side paddlewheel river tender, was built by the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works for the US Lighthouse Service for service on the Mississippi River. Commissioned in 1924, she was decommissioned and transferred to the Army Corps of Engineers in 1945. At an average construction cost of $250,000 each, the "L. S. Thorne" (1898), "Pelican" (1902), "Albatross" (1907) and "B. F. Yoakum" (1910) and the “Willow” (1924) were important contributors to the Dubuque economy. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Willow, a 200-foot, 1,070 ton, side paddlewheel river tender, was built by the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works for the US Lighthouse Service for service on the Mississippi River. Commissioned in 1924, she was decommissioned and transferred to the Army Corps of Engineers in 1945. At an average construction cost of $250,000 each, the "L. S. Thorne" (1898), "Pelican" (1902), "Albatross" (1907) and "B. F. Yoakum" (1910) and the “Willow” (1924) were important contributors to the Dubuque economy. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[Image:AL-6.jpg|left|thumb|350px|]]Albatross, at 305 feet, had the capacity of 16 railroad cars and was the largest of its type built on the Upper Mississippi. After twelve years of duty at Vicksburg, Mississippi, the boat was returned to Keokuk and lengthened 57 feet. Rebuilt again by the Steckfus lines, the boat was renamed the "Admiral" and became a 4,400 passenger excursion boat by 1960. (14)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[Image:AL-6.jpg|left|thumb|350px|]]Albatross, at 305 feet, had the capacity of 16 railroad cars and was the largest of its type built on the Upper Mississippi. After twelve years of duty at Vicksburg, Mississippi, the boat was returned to Keokuk and lengthened 57 feet. Rebuilt again by the Steckfus lines, the boat was renamed the "Admiral" and became a 4,400 passenger excursion boat by 1960. (14)</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_BOAT_AND_BOILER_WORKS&diff=186841&oldid=prev Randylyon at 16:56, 28 March 2026 2026-03-28T16:56:35Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:56, 28 March 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l27">Line 27:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 27:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[Image:AL-6.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Albatross, at 305 feet, had the capacity of 16 railroad cars and was the largest of its type built on the Upper Mississippi. After twelve years of duty at Vicksburg, Mississippi, the boat was returned to Keokuk and lengthened 57 feet. Rebuilt again by the Steckfus lines, the boat was renamed the "Admiral" and became a 4,400 passenger excursion boat by 1960. (14)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[Image:AL-6.jpg|left|thumb|350px|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>Albatross, at 305 feet, had the capacity of 16 railroad cars and was the largest of its type built on the Upper Mississippi. After twelve years of duty at Vicksburg, Mississippi, the boat was returned to Keokuk and lengthened 57 feet. Rebuilt again by the Steckfus lines, the boat was renamed the "Admiral" and became a 4,400 passenger excursion boat by 1960. (14)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:boatboiler.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Check used by the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works. Photo Courtesy: Bob Reding]]The demands of [[WORLD WAR I]] put impossible demands on the railroad system in the United States. The Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works, the second oldest boat manufacturing firm in the United States and the only one of its kind on the Mississippi River, was used during the war for the manufacture of tows, barges, dredges, submarine chasers, and Coast Guard cutters. (15)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:boatboiler.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Check used by the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works. Photo Courtesy: Bob Reding]]The demands of [[WORLD WAR I]] put impossible demands on the railroad system in the United States. The Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works, the second oldest boat manufacturing firm in the United States and the only one of its kind on the Mississippi River, was used during the war for the manufacture of tows, barges, dredges, submarine chasers, and Coast Guard cutters. (15)</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_BOAT_AND_BOILER_WORKS&diff=186839&oldid=prev Randylyon at 16:54, 28 March 2026 2026-03-28T16:54:01Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:54, 28 March 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1908 the company received a contract to built twenty-eight barges for freight transportation. (4) In addition to the benefit this construction had on the local economy, the announcement promised cheaper transportation for area farmers and manufacturers. At the time, railroads were charging 7.5 mills per ton for freight; water transportation averaged 1.5 mills per ton. (5) At the same time the order for the barges was received, the company was working on two passenger boats and two towboats. The combined value on their orders was $250,000. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1908 the company received a contract to built twenty-eight barges for freight transportation. (4) In addition to the benefit this construction had on the local economy, the announcement promised cheaper transportation for area farmers and manufacturers. At the time, railroads were charging 7.5 mills per ton for freight; water transportation averaged 1.5 mills per ton. (5) At the same time the order for the barges was received, the company was working on two passenger boats and two towboats. The combined value on their orders was $250,000. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1927 Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works completed construction on three paddlewheel steamboats for the newly incorporated Upper Mississippi Barge Line. The first vessel completed was the ''C. C. Webber'', and then came the ''S. S. Thorpe'' (later re-christened <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[GEORGE </del>M. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">VERITY]] </del>in 1940), and finally the ''John W. Weeks''. Samuel S. Thorpe was the first President of the Upper Mississippi Barge Line and was present at the launching when his daughter, Julia, christened the boat with a bottle of ginger ale, as champagne was illegal during [[PROHIBITION]]. The noted naval architect Thomas Rees Tarn, who accompanied the Thorpe on its maiden voyage, designed the three vessels. Cost of each vessel was $175,000, a considerable amount in 1927 when that same amount of money would have bought 600 new Model T Fords costing about $290 apiece. (6) The "S. S. Thorpe, named in honor of the first president of the Upper Mississippi Barge Line Company, became the second towboat to be used in reviving river transportation. At 10:10 AM on Monday, August 15, 1927, the S. S. Thorpe departed St. Louis with three barges, carrying 1600 tons of cargo. This maiden voyage was a major turning point in American transportation history for it marked the re-opening of the Upper Mississippi River for the movement of commercial freight. (7) </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1927 Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works completed construction on three paddlewheel steamboats for the newly incorporated Upper Mississippi Barge Line. The first vessel completed was the ''C. C. Webber'', and then came the ''S. S. Thorpe'' (later re-christened <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">George </ins>M. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Verity </ins>in 1940), and finally the ''John W. Weeks''. Samuel S. Thorpe was the first President of the Upper Mississippi Barge Line and was present at the launching when his daughter, Julia, christened the boat with a bottle of ginger ale, as champagne was illegal during [[PROHIBITION]]. The noted naval architect Thomas Rees Tarn, who accompanied the Thorpe on its maiden voyage, designed the three vessels. Cost of each vessel was $175,000, a considerable amount in 1927 when that same amount of money would have bought 600 new Model T Fords costing about $290 apiece. (6) The "S. S. Thorpe, named in honor of the first president of the Upper Mississippi Barge Line Company, became the second towboat to be used in reviving river transportation. At 10:10 AM on Monday, August 15, 1927, the S. S. Thorpe departed St. Louis with three barges, carrying 1600 tons of cargo. This maiden voyage was a major turning point in American transportation history for it marked the re-opening of the Upper Mississippi River for the movement of commercial freight. (7) </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nature often determined whether the plant was successful. In 1911 the B. F. Yoakum lay at its moorings in Dubuque for six months waiting for sufficient water to proceed south on the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]]. The "June rise" had not been sufficient for the boat to "shoot the rapids" at Keokuk. The boat took up so much space in the [[ICE HARBOR]] that its departure was compared to "the principal store buildings on one of the principal blocks of Main Street suddenly being taken away." (8) The Yoakum was used as an advertisement its entire journal to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Each side of the boat carried signs reading:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nature often determined whether the plant was successful. In 1911 the B. F. Yoakum lay at its moorings in Dubuque for six months waiting for sufficient water to proceed south on the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]]. The "June rise" had not been sufficient for the boat to "shoot the rapids" at Keokuk. The boat took up so much space in the [[ICE HARBOR]] that its departure was compared to "the principal store buildings on one of the principal blocks of Main Street suddenly being taken away." (8) The Yoakum was used as an advertisement its entire journal to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Each side of the boat carried signs reading:</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l24">Line 24:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 24:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In March, 1916 two ferryboats were completed and ready for the launch. The "Rockport" and "Queensboro" were constructed for the Crescent Navigation Company of Evansville, Indiana. [[DAVENPORT, Ira|Ira DAVENPORT]] came to Dubuque as a construction superintendent for the company and became the General Manager and Secretary-Treasurer the following year. (13)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In March, 1916 two ferryboats were completed and ready for the launch. The "Rockport" and "Queensboro" were constructed for the Crescent Navigation Company of Evansville, Indiana. [[DAVENPORT, Ira|Ira DAVENPORT]] came to Dubuque as a construction superintendent for the company and became the General Manager and Secretary-Treasurer the following year. (13)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Willow, a 200-foot, 1,070 ton, side paddlewheel river tender, was built by the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works for the US Lighthouse Service for service on the Mississippi River. Commissioned in 1924, she was decommissioned and transferred to the Army Corps of Engineers in 1945. At an average construction cost of $250,000 each, the "L. S. Thorne" (1898), "Pelican" (1902), "Albatross" (1907) and "B. F. Yoakum" (1910) and the “Willow” (1924) were important contributors to the Dubuque economy. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The 305 foot-long boat "Albatross" had the capacity of 16 railroad cars and was the largest of its type built on the Upper Mississippi. After twelve years of duty at Vicksburg, Mississippi, the boat was returned to Keokuk and lengthened 57 feet. Rebuilt again by the Steckfus lines, the boat was renamed the "Admiral" and became a 4,400 passenger excursion boat by 1960. (14)</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Willow, a 200-foot, 1,070 ton, side paddlewheel river tender, was built by the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works for the US Lighthouse Service for service on the Mississippi River. Commissioned in 1924, she was decommissioned and transferred to the Army Corps of Engineers in 1945. At an average construction cost of $250,000 each, the "L. S. Thorne" (1898), "Pelican" (1902), "Albatross" (1907) and "B. F. Yoakum" (1910) and the “Willow” (1924) were important contributors to the Dubuque economy. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:boatboiler.jpg|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">left</del>|thumb|350px|Check used by the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works. Photo Courtesy: Bob Reding]]The demands of [[WORLD WAR I]] put impossible demands on the railroad system in the United States. The Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works, the second oldest boat manufacturing firm in the United States and the only one of its kind on the Mississippi River, was used during the war for the manufacture of tows, barges, dredges, submarine chasers, and Coast Guard cutters. (15)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[Image:AL-6.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Albatross, at 305 feet, had the capacity of 16 railroad cars and was the largest of its type built on the Upper Mississippi. After twelve years of duty at Vicksburg, Mississippi, the boat was returned to Keokuk and lengthened 57 feet. Rebuilt again by the Steckfus lines, the boat was renamed the "Admiral" and became a 4,400 passenger excursion boat by 1960. (14)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:boatboiler.jpg|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">right</ins>|thumb|350px|Check used by the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works. Photo Courtesy: Bob Reding]]The demands of [[WORLD WAR I]] put impossible demands on the railroad system in the United States. The Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works, the second oldest boat manufacturing firm in the United States and the only one of its kind on the Mississippi River, was used during the war for the manufacture of tows, barges, dredges, submarine chasers, and Coast Guard cutters. (15)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nature sometimes made launching newly constructed craft difficult. In October the launching of the $260,000 Del Commune was made possible only after the harbor was dredged to a minimum depth of eleven feet. (16)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nature sometimes made launching newly constructed craft difficult. In October the launching of the $260,000 Del Commune was made possible only after the harbor was dredged to a minimum depth of eleven feet. (16)</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_BOAT_AND_BOILER_WORKS&diff=182581&oldid=prev Randylyon at 16:22, 14 October 2024 2024-10-14T16:22:28Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:22, 14 October 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l398">Line 398:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 398:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 1916-1917 '''White's Dubuque County Directory''' listed 550 3rd <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as the address</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 1916-1917 '''White's Dubuque County Directory''' listed 550 3rd.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 1939 to 1970 '''Dubuque City Directory''' listed the company as the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Company at 302 E. 3rd.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 1939 to 1970 '''Dubuque City Directory''' listed the company as the Dubuque Boat & Boiler Company at 302 E. 3rd.</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_BOAT_AND_BOILER_WORKS&diff=182564&oldid=prev Randylyon at 15:39, 14 October 2024 2024-10-14T15:39:07Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:39, 14 October 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1908 the company received a contract to built twenty-eight barges for freight transportation. (4) In addition to the benefit this construction had on the local economy, the announcement promised cheaper transportation for area farmers and manufacturers. At the time, railroads were charging 7.5 mills per ton for freight; water transportation averaged 1.5 mills per ton. (5) At the same time the order for the barges was received, the company was working on two passenger boats and two towboats. The combined value on their orders was $250,000. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1908 the company received a contract to built twenty-eight barges for freight transportation. (4) In addition to the benefit this construction had on the local economy, the announcement promised cheaper transportation for area farmers and manufacturers. At the time, railroads were charging 7.5 mills per ton for freight; water transportation averaged 1.5 mills per ton. (5) At the same time the order for the barges was received, the company was working on two passenger boats and two towboats. The combined value on their orders was $250,000. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1927 Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works completed construction on three paddlewheel steamboats for the newly incorporated Upper Mississippi Barge Line. The first vessel completed was the ''C. C. Webber'', and then came the ''S. S. Thorpe'' (later re-christened <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">`George </del>M. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Verity’ </del>in 1940), and finally the ''John W. Weeks''. Samuel S. Thorpe was the first President of the Upper Mississippi Barge Line and was present at the launching when his daughter, Julia, christened the boat with a bottle of ginger ale, as champagne was illegal during [[PROHIBITION]]. The noted naval architect Thomas Rees Tarn, who accompanied the Thorpe on its maiden voyage, designed the three vessels. Cost of each vessel was $175,000, a considerable amount in 1927 when that same amount of money would have bought 600 new Model T Fords costing about $290 apiece. (6) The "S. S. Thorpe, named in honor of the first president of the Upper Mississippi Barge Line Company, became the second towboat to be used in reviving river transportation. At 10:10 AM on Monday, August 15, 1927, the S. S. Thorpe departed St. Louis with three barges, carrying 1600 tons of cargo. This maiden voyage was a major turning point in American transportation history for it marked the re-opening of the Upper Mississippi River for the movement of commercial freight. (7) </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1927 Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works completed construction on three paddlewheel steamboats for the newly incorporated Upper Mississippi Barge Line. The first vessel completed was the ''C. C. Webber'', and then came the ''S. S. Thorpe'' (later re-christened <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[GEORGE </ins>M. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">VERITY]] </ins>in 1940), and finally the ''John W. Weeks''. Samuel S. Thorpe was the first President of the Upper Mississippi Barge Line and was present at the launching when his daughter, Julia, christened the boat with a bottle of ginger ale, as champagne was illegal during [[PROHIBITION]]. The noted naval architect Thomas Rees Tarn, who accompanied the Thorpe on its maiden voyage, designed the three vessels. Cost of each vessel was $175,000, a considerable amount in 1927 when that same amount of money would have bought 600 new Model T Fords costing about $290 apiece. (6) The "S. S. Thorpe, named in honor of the first president of the Upper Mississippi Barge Line Company, became the second towboat to be used in reviving river transportation. At 10:10 AM on Monday, August 15, 1927, the S. S. Thorpe departed St. Louis with three barges, carrying 1600 tons of cargo. This maiden voyage was a major turning point in American transportation history for it marked the re-opening of the Upper Mississippi River for the movement of commercial freight. (7) </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nature often determined whether the plant was successful. In 1911 the B. F. Yoakum lay at its moorings in Dubuque for six months waiting for sufficient water to proceed south on the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]]. The "June rise" had not been sufficient for the boat to "shoot the rapids" at Keokuk. The boat took up so much space in the [[ICE HARBOR]] that its departure was compared to "the principal store buildings on one of the principal blocks of Main Street suddenly being taken away." (8) The Yoakum was used as an advertisement its entire journal to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Each side of the boat carried signs reading:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nature often determined whether the plant was successful. In 1911 the B. F. Yoakum lay at its moorings in Dubuque for six months waiting for sufficient water to proceed south on the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]]. The "June rise" had not been sufficient for the boat to "shoot the rapids" at Keokuk. The boat took up so much space in the [[ICE HARBOR]] that its departure was compared to "the principal store buildings on one of the principal blocks of Main Street suddenly being taken away." (8) The Yoakum was used as an advertisement its entire journal to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Each side of the boat carried signs reading:</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_BOAT_AND_BOILER_WORKS&diff=177977&oldid=prev Randylyon at 18:08, 1 August 2023 2023-08-01T18:08:19Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:08, 1 August 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l67">Line 67:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 67:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>28 barges-----Mississippi River Gas-Electric Navigation Co.------Freight barge----1909 </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>28 barges-----Mississippi River Gas-Electric Navigation Co.------Freight barge----1909 </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">yokum2</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jpg</del>|left|thumb|350px|B. F. Yoakum]] </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">YOAKUM</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">png</ins>|left|thumb|350px|B. F. Yoakum]] </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:gurney.png|left|thumb|250px|Lieut. Gurney, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Towboat, 1911. Photo courtesy: Murphy Library Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:gurney.png|left|thumb|250px|Lieut. Gurney, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Towboat, 1911. Photo courtesy: Murphy Library Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_BOAT_AND_BOILER_WORKS&diff=177975&oldid=prev Randylyon at 18:05, 1 August 2023 2023-08-01T18:05:52Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:05, 1 August 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l67">Line 67:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 67:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>28 barges-----Mississippi River Gas-Electric Navigation Co.------Freight barge----1909 </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>28 barges-----Mississippi River Gas-Electric Navigation Co.------Freight barge----1909 </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">yokum</del>.jpg|left|thumb|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">250px</del>|B. F. Yoakum<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, Rail Transfer, 1910. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding</del>]] </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">yokum2</ins>.jpg|left|thumb|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">350px</ins>|B. F. Yoakum]] </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:gurney.png|left|thumb|250px|Lieut. Gurney, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Towboat, 1911. Photo courtesy: Murphy Library Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:gurney.png|left|thumb|250px|Lieut. Gurney, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Towboat, 1911. Photo courtesy: Murphy Library Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_BOAT_AND_BOILER_WORKS&diff=165949&oldid=prev Randylyon at 21:25, 26 January 2021 2021-01-26T21:25:35Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:25, 26 January 2021</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l261">Line 261:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 261:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:commander.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Commander, Dells Boat Tours LLC, Excursion Boat, 1950. Photo courtesy: https://wiki.cincinnatilibrary.org/index.php/Shipyards_and_Marine_Ways.]] </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:commander.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Commander, Dells Boat Tours LLC, Excursion Boat, 1950. Photo courtesy: https://wiki.cincinnatilibrary.org/index.php/Shipyards_and_Marine_Ways.]] </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tow boat--coal barge terminal <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at </del>Savanna, Illinois had no rudder. A "universal joint" allowed the twin screws to be rotated 360 degrees. The three diesel engines had a total of 3,000 horsepower. 1951 (30) </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Tow boat--coal barge terminal <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for </ins>Savanna, Illinois<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">--the boat </ins>had no rudder. A "universal joint" allowed the twin screws to be rotated 360 degrees. The three diesel engines had a total of 3,000 horsepower. 1951 (30) </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Quiver-----Havana Dock Enterprises LLC-----Towboat-----1951 </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Quiver-----Havana Dock Enterprises LLC-----Towboat-----1951 </div></td></tr> </table>

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