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IOWA PACIFIC MILL. | IOWA PACIFIC MILL. This local flourmill was established by [[RHOMBERG, Joseph A.|Joseph A. RHOMBERG]] in the renovated site of his distillery in 1873. The name of the company was announced on August 14, 1873. The mill featured the best coopering department believed to be found in the West at that time. To expand productivity, Rhomberg also chose to convert the plant from the traditional six to eight run of buhrs. By operating day and night, the mill was able to produce seven hundred barrels of flour daily. (1) | ||
Stiff competition from mills in Minnesota caused the Iowa Pacific Mill to close in 1882. | |||
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"Iowa Pacific Mill," ''Dubuque Herald'', August 15, 1873, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18730815&printsec=frontpage&hl=en | |||
[[Category: Flour and Feed]] | [[Category: Flour and Feed]] | ||
Revision as of 17:37, 8 October 2015
IOWA PACIFIC MILL. This local flourmill was established by Joseph A. RHOMBERG in the renovated site of his distillery in 1873. The name of the company was announced on August 14, 1873. The mill featured the best coopering department believed to be found in the West at that time. To expand productivity, Rhomberg also chose to convert the plant from the traditional six to eight run of buhrs. By operating day and night, the mill was able to produce seven hundred barrels of flour daily. (1)
Stiff competition from mills in Minnesota caused the Iowa Pacific Mill to close in 1882.
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"Iowa Pacific Mill," Dubuque Herald, August 15, 1873, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18730815&printsec=frontpage&hl=en