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[[Image:iowairon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Advertisement for the Iowa Iron Works in the June 16, 1884 ''Dubuque Trade Journal''. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]] | [[Image:iowairon.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Advertisement for the Iowa Iron Works in the June 16, 1884 ''Dubuque Trade Journal''. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Iowa Iron.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Iowa Iron Works circa 1867. Photo courtesy: William K. Hammel]] | ||
IOWA IRON WORKS. Major participant in Dubuque's [[BOAT BUILDING]]. The firm of Rouse, Dean & Company, an iron foundry and machine shop, was established in March 1852 on the corner of Ninth and Washington [[STREETS]]. It later became known as Rouse & Dean. On April 15, 1880 the firm of Rouse and Dean was dissolved with the retirement of H. Rouse. C.B. Dean, William Hopkins, and J. McMurchy carried on business as Dean, Hopkins, & McMurchy. | IOWA IRON WORKS. Major participant in Dubuque's [[BOAT BUILDING]]. The firm of Rouse, Dean & Company, an iron foundry and machine shop, was established in March 1852 on the corner of Ninth and Washington [[STREETS]]. It later became known as Rouse & Dean. On April 15, 1880 the firm of Rouse and Dean was dissolved with the retirement of H. Rouse. C.B. Dean, William Hopkins, and J. McMurchy carried on business as Dean, Hopkins, & McMurchy. | ||
Revision as of 01:49, 21 January 2009
IOWA IRON WORKS. Major participant in Dubuque's BOAT BUILDING. The firm of Rouse, Dean & Company, an iron foundry and machine shop, was established in March 1852 on the corner of Ninth and Washington STREETS. It later became known as Rouse & Dean. On April 15, 1880 the firm of Rouse and Dean was dissolved with the retirement of H. Rouse. C.B. Dean, William Hopkins, and J. McMurchy carried on business as Dean, Hopkins, & McMurchy.
The company employed sixty men in 1880 in the manufacture of movable and stationary engines, heavy steamboat work castings, and columns for buildings. The workforce earned about $3,000 per month and the sales of the company reached $75,000 annually. The company eventually became known as the DUBUQUE BOAT AND BOILER WORKS.