KIMBEL, Albert L. - Revision history

https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=KIMBEL%2C_Albert_L. KIMBEL, Albert L. - Revision history 2026-05-18T12:13:39Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.1 https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=KIMBEL,_Albert_L.&diff=162356&oldid=prev Randylyon at 20:22, 10 May 2020 2020-05-10T20:22:16Z

<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 20:22, 10 May 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father, [[KIMBEL, Richard|Richard KIMBEL]] who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[KIMBEL PARK]], a mile long popular recreation spot located north of the present site of the lock and dam.</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father, [[KIMBEL, Richard|Richard KIMBEL]] who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[KIMBEL PARK]], a mile long popular recreation spot located north of the present site of the lock and dam.</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:aquila.png|left|thumb|300px|Photo courtesy: Nelson Klavitter]]In 1913, Kimbel became the captain of Dubuque Sand and Gravel Company's sidewheeler, ''Ruth''. He later captained the ''Iris'', [[HARRIET]], and ''Aquila'' for Molo Sand and Gravel. Prior to this, Kimbel had been a captain for the Line Hanson which operated packet boats. In the late 1920s, he captained the ''General Ashburn'', a boat built in Dubuque, on its maiden voyage on the Mississippi.</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:aquila.png|left|thumb|300px|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Aquila. </ins>Photo courtesy: Nelson Klavitter]]In 1913, Kimbel became the captain of Dubuque Sand and Gravel Company's sidewheeler, ''Ruth''. He later captained the ''Iris'', [[HARRIET]], and ''Aquila'' for Molo Sand and Gravel. Prior to this, Kimbel had been a captain for the Line Hanson which operated packet boats. In the late 1920s, he captained the ''General Ashburn'', a boat built in Dubuque, on its maiden voyage on the Mississippi.</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>Kimbel spoke often of how he helped riverboats turn around in the Galena River prior to its being closed to navigation and his work in the construction of the [[ZEBULON PIKE LOCK AND DAM]].</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>Kimbel spoke often of how he helped riverboats turn around in the Galena River prior to its being closed to navigation and his work in the construction of the [[ZEBULON PIKE LOCK AND DAM]].</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=KIMBEL,_Albert_L.&diff=162355&oldid=prev Randylyon at 20:21, 10 May 2020 2020-05-10T20:21:42Z

<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 20:21, 10 May 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father, [[KIMBEL, Richard|Richard KIMBEL]] who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[KIMBEL PARK]], a mile long popular recreation spot located north of the present site of the lock and dam.</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father, [[KIMBEL, Richard|Richard KIMBEL]] who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[KIMBEL PARK]], a mile long popular recreation spot located north of the present site of the lock and dam.</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 1913, Kimbel became the captain of Dubuque Sand and Gravel Company's sidewheeler, ''Ruth''. He later captained the ''Iris'', <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''Harriet''</del>, and ''Aquila'' for Molo Sand and Gravel. Prior to this, Kimbel had been a captain for the Line Hanson which operated packet boats. In the late 1920s, he captained the ''General Ashburn'', a boat built in Dubuque, on its maiden voyage on the Mississippi.</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;">[[Image:aquila.png|left|thumb|300px|Photo courtesy: Nelson Klavitter]]</ins>In 1913, Kimbel became the captain of Dubuque Sand and Gravel Company's sidewheeler, ''Ruth''. He later captained the ''Iris'', <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[HARRIET]]</ins>, and ''Aquila'' for Molo Sand and Gravel. Prior to this, Kimbel had been a captain for the Line Hanson which operated packet boats. In the late 1920s, he captained the ''General Ashburn'', a boat built in Dubuque, on its maiden voyage on the Mississippi.</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>Kimbel spoke often of how he helped riverboats turn around in the Galena River prior to its being closed to navigation and his work in the construction of the [[ZEBULON PIKE LOCK AND DAM]].</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>Kimbel spoke often of how he helped riverboats turn around in the Galena River prior to its being closed to navigation and his work in the construction of the [[ZEBULON PIKE LOCK AND DAM]].</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=KIMBEL,_Albert_L.&diff=139600&oldid=prev Randylyon at 14:27, 6 September 2017 2017-09-06T14:27:59Z

<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 14:27, 6 September 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</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>Family History: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2771210&id=I548199980</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>Family History: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2771210&id=I548199980</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>KIMBEL, Albert L. (Bellevue, IA, Apr, 14, 1880--Dubuque, IA, June 8, 1951). Albert Kimbel was the first river captain to take a boat through the locks at [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the time of his death, Kimbel was believed to be the oldest active river captain on the upper [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].</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;">[[File:akimbel.jpeg|250px|thumb|left|Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]]</ins>KIMBEL, Albert L. (Bellevue, IA, Apr, 14, 1880--Dubuque, IA, June 8, 1951). Albert Kimbel was the first river captain to take a boat through the locks at [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the time of his death, Kimbel was believed to be the oldest active river captain on the upper [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father, [[KIMBEL, Richard|Richard KIMBEL]] who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[KIMBEL PARK]], a mile long popular recreation spot located north of the present site of the lock and dam.</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father, [[KIMBEL, Richard|Richard KIMBEL]] who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[KIMBEL PARK]], a mile long popular recreation spot located north of the present site of the lock and dam.</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=KIMBEL,_Albert_L.&diff=137323&oldid=prev Randylyon at 20:24, 26 May 2017 2017-05-26T20:24:08Z

<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 20:24, 26 May 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</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>KIMBEL, Albert L. (Bellevue, IA, Apr, 14, 1880--Dubuque, IA, June 8, 1951). Albert Kimbel was the first river captain to take a boat through the locks at [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the time of his death, Kimbel was believed to be the oldest active river captain on the upper [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].</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>KIMBEL, Albert L. (Bellevue, IA, Apr, 14, 1880--Dubuque, IA, June 8, 1951). Albert Kimbel was the first river captain to take a boat through the locks at [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the time of his death, Kimbel was believed to be the oldest active river captain on the upper [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father, [[KIMBEL, Richard|Richard KIMBEL]] who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[KIMBEL<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'S </del>PARK]], a mile long popular recreation spot located <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on an island </del>north of the present site of the lock and dam.</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father, [[KIMBEL, Richard|Richard KIMBEL]] who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[KIMBEL PARK]], a mile long popular recreation spot located north of the present site of the lock and dam.</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>In 1913, Kimbel became the captain of Dubuque Sand and Gravel Company's sidewheeler, ''Ruth''. He later captained the ''Iris'', ''Harriet'', and ''Aquila'' for Molo Sand and Gravel. Prior to this, Kimbel had been a captain for the Line Hanson which operated packet boats. In the late 1920s, he captained the ''General Ashburn'', a boat built in Dubuque, on its maiden voyage on the Mississippi.</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 1913, Kimbel became the captain of Dubuque Sand and Gravel Company's sidewheeler, ''Ruth''. He later captained the ''Iris'', ''Harriet'', and ''Aquila'' for Molo Sand and Gravel. Prior to this, Kimbel had been a captain for the Line Hanson which operated packet boats. In the late 1920s, he captained the ''General Ashburn'', a boat built in Dubuque, on its maiden voyage on the Mississippi.</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=KIMBEL,_Albert_L.&diff=137295&oldid=prev Randylyon at 03:10, 25 May 2017 2017-05-25T03:10:04Z

<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 03:10, 25 May 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</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>KIMBEL, Albert L. (Bellevue, IA, Apr, 14, 1880--Dubuque, IA, June 8, 1951). Albert Kimbel was the first river captain to take a boat through the locks at [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the time of his death, Kimbel was believed to be the oldest active river captain on the upper [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].</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>KIMBEL, Albert L. (Bellevue, IA, Apr, 14, 1880--Dubuque, IA, June 8, 1951). Albert Kimbel was the first river captain to take a boat through the locks at [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the time of his death, Kimbel was believed to be the oldest active river captain on the upper [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father, [[KIMBEL, Richard|Richard KIMBEL]] who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[KIMBEL'S PARK]], a popular recreation spot located on an island north of the present site of the lock and dam.</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father, [[KIMBEL, Richard|Richard KIMBEL]] who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[KIMBEL'S PARK]], a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mile long </ins>popular recreation spot located on an island north of the present site of the lock and dam.</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>In 1913, Kimbel became the captain of Dubuque Sand and Gravel Company's sidewheeler, ''Ruth''. He later captained the ''Iris'', ''Harriet'', and ''Aquila'' for Molo Sand and Gravel. Prior to this, Kimbel had been a captain for the Line Hanson which operated packet boats. In the late 1920s, he captained the ''General Ashburn'', a boat built in Dubuque, on its maiden voyage on the Mississippi.</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 1913, Kimbel became the captain of Dubuque Sand and Gravel Company's sidewheeler, ''Ruth''. He later captained the ''Iris'', ''Harriet'', and ''Aquila'' for Molo Sand and Gravel. Prior to this, Kimbel had been a captain for the Line Hanson which operated packet boats. In the late 1920s, he captained the ''General Ashburn'', a boat built in Dubuque, on its maiden voyage on the Mississippi.</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>Kimbel spoke often of how he helped riverboats turn around in the Galena River prior to its being closed to navigation and his work in the construction of the [[ZEBULON PIKE LOCK AND DAM]].</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>Kimbel spoke often of how he helped riverboats turn around in the Galena River prior to its being closed to navigation and his work in the construction of the [[ZEBULON PIKE LOCK AND DAM]].</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;"></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><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">---</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><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></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><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Source:</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><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></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><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Captain Kimbel Dies at 71," ''Telegraph-Herald'', June 8, 1951, p. 11</ins></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>[[Category: Transportation]]</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>[[Category: Transportation]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=KIMBEL,_Albert_L.&diff=137287&oldid=prev Randylyon at 19:37, 24 May 2017 2017-05-24T19:37:01Z

<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 19:37, 24 May 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</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>Family History: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2771210&id=I548199980</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>Family History: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2771210&id=I548199980</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>KIMBEL, Albert L. (Bellevue, IA, Apr, 14, 1880--Dubuque, IA, June 8, 1951). <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">First </del>river captain to take a boat through the locks at [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the time of his death, Kimbel was believed to be the oldest active river captain on the upper [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].</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>KIMBEL, Albert L. (Bellevue, IA, Apr, 14, 1880--Dubuque, IA, June 8, 1951). <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Albert Kimbel was the first </ins>river captain to take a boat through the locks at [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the time of his death, Kimbel was believed to be the oldest active river captain on the upper [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father, [[KIMBEL, Richard|Richard KIMBEL]] who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[KIMBEL'S PARK]], a popular recreation spot located on an island north of the present site of the lock and dam.</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father, [[KIMBEL, Richard|Richard KIMBEL]] who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[KIMBEL'S PARK]], a popular recreation spot located on an island north of the present site of the lock and dam.</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=KIMBEL,_Albert_L.&diff=119628&oldid=prev Randylyon at 03:50, 25 November 2014 2014-11-25T03:50:26Z

<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 03:50, 25 November 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</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>KIMBEL, Albert L. (Bellevue, IA, Apr, 14, 1880--Dubuque, IA, June 8, 1951). First river captain to take a boat through the locks at [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the time of his death, Kimbel was believed to be the oldest active river captain on the upper [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].</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>KIMBEL, Albert L. (Bellevue, IA, Apr, 14, 1880--Dubuque, IA, June 8, 1951). First river captain to take a boat through the locks at [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the time of his death, Kimbel was believed to be the oldest active river captain on the upper [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father, [[KIMBEL, Richard|Richard KIMBEL]] who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">KIMBALL</del>'S PARK]], a popular recreation spot located on an island north of the present site of the lock and dam.</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father, [[KIMBEL, Richard|Richard KIMBEL]] who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">KIMBEL</ins>'S PARK]], a popular recreation spot located on an island north of the present site of the lock and dam.</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>In 1913, Kimbel became the captain of Dubuque Sand and Gravel Company's sidewheeler, ''Ruth''. He later captained the ''Iris'', ''Harriet'', and ''Aquila'' for Molo Sand and Gravel. Prior to this, Kimbel had been a captain for the Line Hanson which operated packet boats. In the late 1920s, he captained the ''General Ashburn'', a boat built in Dubuque, on its maiden voyage on the Mississippi.</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 1913, Kimbel became the captain of Dubuque Sand and Gravel Company's sidewheeler, ''Ruth''. He later captained the ''Iris'', ''Harriet'', and ''Aquila'' for Molo Sand and Gravel. Prior to this, Kimbel had been a captain for the Line Hanson which operated packet boats. In the late 1920s, he captained the ''General Ashburn'', a boat built in Dubuque, on its maiden voyage on the Mississippi.</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=KIMBEL,_Albert_L.&diff=119626&oldid=prev Randylyon at 03:47, 25 November 2014 2014-11-25T03:47:45Z

<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 03:47, 25 November 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</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>KIMBEL, Albert L. (Bellevue, IA, Apr, 14, 1880--Dubuque, IA, June 8, 1951). First river captain to take a boat through the locks at [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the time of his death, Kimbel was believed to be the oldest active river captain on the upper [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].</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>KIMBEL, Albert L. (Bellevue, IA, Apr, 14, 1880--Dubuque, IA, June 8, 1951). First river captain to take a boat through the locks at [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the time of his death, Kimbel was believed to be the oldest active river captain on the upper [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[KIMBALL'S PARK]], a popular recreation spot located on an island north of the present site of the lock and dam.</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, [[KIMBEL, Richard|Richard KIMBEL]] </ins>who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[KIMBALL'S PARK]], a popular recreation spot located on an island north of the present site of the lock and dam.</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>In 1913, Kimbel became the captain of Dubuque Sand and Gravel Company's sidewheeler, ''Ruth''. He later captained the ''Iris'', ''Harriet'', and ''Aquila'' for Molo Sand and Gravel. Prior to this, Kimbel had been a captain for the Line Hanson which operated packet boats. In the late 1920s, he captained the ''General Ashburn'', a boat built in Dubuque, on its maiden voyage on the Mississippi.</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 1913, Kimbel became the captain of Dubuque Sand and Gravel Company's sidewheeler, ''Ruth''. He later captained the ''Iris'', ''Harriet'', and ''Aquila'' for Molo Sand and Gravel. Prior to this, Kimbel had been a captain for the Line Hanson which operated packet boats. In the late 1920s, he captained the ''General Ashburn'', a boat built in Dubuque, on its maiden voyage on the Mississippi.</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=KIMBEL,_Albert_L.&diff=110215&oldid=prev Randylyon at 20:38, 2 February 2014 2014-02-02T20:38:06Z

<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 20:38, 2 February 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</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;">Family History: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2771210&id=I548199980</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><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></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>KIMBEL, Albert L. (Bellevue, IA, Apr, 14, 1880--Dubuque, IA, June 8, 1951). First river captain to take a boat through the locks at [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the time of his death, Kimbel was believed to be the oldest active river captain on the upper [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].</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>KIMBEL, Albert L. (Bellevue, IA, Apr, 14, 1880--Dubuque, IA, June 8, 1951). First river captain to take a boat through the locks at [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the time of his death, Kimbel was believed to be the oldest active river captain on the upper [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].</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> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=KIMBEL,_Albert_L.&diff=71058&oldid=prev Randylyon at 00:42, 3 June 2012 2012-06-03T00:42:50Z

<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 00:42, 3 June 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</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>KIMBEL, Albert L. (Bellevue, IA, Apr, 14, 1880--Dubuque, IA, June 8, 1951). First river captain to take a boat through the locks at [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the time of his death, Kimbel was believed to be the oldest active river captain on the upper [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].</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>KIMBEL, Albert L. (Bellevue, IA, Apr, 14, 1880--Dubuque, IA, June 8, 1951). First river captain to take a boat through the locks at [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the time of his death, Kimbel was believed to be the oldest active river captain on the upper [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]].</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[KIMBALL'S <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ISLAND</del>]], a popular recreation spot located north of the present site of the lock and dam.</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>At the age of five, Kimbel came to Dubuque with his father who taught his son how to captain riverboats so well that the boy received his pilot's license when he was only sixteen. He operated his father's ferry from Eagle Point to [[KIMBALL'S <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">PARK</ins>]], a popular recreation spot located <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on an island </ins>north of the present site of the lock and dam.</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>In 1913, Kimbel became the captain of Dubuque Sand and Gravel Company's sidewheeler, ''Ruth''. He later captained the ''Iris'', ''Harriet'', and ''Aquila'' for Molo Sand and Gravel. Prior to this, Kimbel had been a captain for the Line Hanson which operated packet boats. In the late 1920s, he captained the ''General Ashburn'', a boat built in Dubuque, on its maiden voyage on the Mississippi.</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 1913, Kimbel became the captain of Dubuque Sand and Gravel Company's sidewheeler, ''Ruth''. He later captained the ''Iris'', ''Harriet'', and ''Aquila'' for Molo Sand and Gravel. Prior to this, Kimbel had been a captain for the Line Hanson which operated packet boats. In the late 1920s, he captained the ''General Ashburn'', a boat built in Dubuque, on its maiden voyage on the Mississippi.</div></td></tr> </table>

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