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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]].
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]].


Boats Constructed by the Iowa Iron Works
Clyde                1870
W.M. Hopkins        1871
J.G. Chapman        1872
Ida Patton          1884
J.K. Graves          1885
Jeanne Hopkins      1888
Cherokee            1888
Ferd Herold          1890
Reliance            1890
Joy Patton          1891
L.E. Patton          1894
Windom              1896
Charles H. Organ    1897
Ericsson            1897
William K. Kavanaugh 1898
L.S. Thorne          1898
Betsey Ann          1899
Annie Russell        1902
Sprague              1902
Pelican              1902
Robert E. Carr      1903


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Revision as of 02:58, 28 February 2009

Advertisement for the Iowa Iron Works in the June 16, 1884 Dubuque Trade Journal. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding
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.

Plaque on downtown building's column.

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.

Boats Constructed by the Iowa Iron Works

Clyde 1870

W.M. Hopkins 1871

J.G. Chapman 1872

Ida Patton 1884

J.K. Graves 1885

Jeanne Hopkins 1888

Cherokee 1888

Ferd Herold 1890

Reliance 1890

Joy Patton 1891

L.E. Patton 1894

Windom 1896

Charles H. Organ 1897

Ericsson 1897

William K. Kavanaugh 1898

L.S. Thorne 1898

Betsey Ann 1899

Annie Russell 1902

Sprague 1902

Pelican 1902

Robert E. Carr 1903