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[[Image:smedleyplant.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Jim Massey]]SMEDLEY STEAM PUMP COMPANY. Established around 1876, the Smedley Steam Pump Company manufactured all types of pumping equipment. One specialty was manufacturing mining machinery including pumps, boilers, engines, hoist compressors and pipes. The company also specialized in concentrating mills of all types. Foundry work of any kind was also accepted. The plant occupied an entire block at Garfield Avenue and Kniest [[STREETS]]. A branch office was located in Chicago.
[[Image:smedleyplant.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Photo courtesy: Jim Massey]]SMEDLEY STEAM PUMP COMPANY. Established around 1876, the Smedley Steam Pump Company manufactured all types of pumping equipment. One specialty was manufacturing mining machinery including pumps, boilers, engines, hoist compressors and pipes. The company also specialized in concentrating mills of all types. Foundry work of any kind was also accepted. The plant occupied an entire block at Garfield Avenue and Kniest [[STREETS]]. A branch office was located in Chicago.


The 1909 ''Dubuque City Directory'' and the 1913 ''Dubuque and Dubuque County Directory'' gave this business address as the corner of Garfield and Kniest.
The 1903 ''Dubuque County Rural Route Directory'' through the 1922 ''Dubuque Telephone Directory'' listed Garfield and Kniest.
 
The 1922 ''Dubuque Telephone Directory'' listed Garfield and Kniest.





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Business Card. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding.
Photo courtesy: Jim Massey

SMEDLEY STEAM PUMP COMPANY. Established around 1876, the Smedley Steam Pump Company manufactured all types of pumping equipment. One specialty was manufacturing mining machinery including pumps, boilers, engines, hoist compressors and pipes. The company also specialized in concentrating mills of all types. Foundry work of any kind was also accepted. The plant occupied an entire block at Garfield Avenue and Kniest STREETS. A branch office was located in Chicago.

The 1903 Dubuque County Rural Route Directory through the 1922 Dubuque Telephone Directory listed Garfield and Kniest.