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MAIZEWOOD INSULATION COMPANY
MAIZEWOOD INSULATION COMPANY. In 1929 the Development Bureau of the Illinois Central System reported that the plant of the Maizewood Products Corp. at Dubuque was producing and soon would be ready to run on capacity schedule. The company would employ between 100 and 115 men and would turn out 100,000 square feet of insulation board a day from corn stalks. (2)
The 1934 Dubuque City Directory listed Maizewood Building Company at 9 LINCOLN BUILDING.
The 1939 Dubuque City Directory through 1948 Dubuque Classified Business Directory listed Maizewood Insulation Company at 275 Salina.
In 1931 the business, which had been busy providing insulation board for the Chicago World's Fair, was destroyed by fire. (1)
The manufacturing plant was later purchased by the Celotex Corporation.
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Source:
1. "Cornstalk Factory Destroyed by Fire," Milwaukee Journal, Dec. 8, 1931, p. 17. Online: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0LJQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OyIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3236,4482393&dq=maizewood+dubuque&hl=en
2. "Insulation Board From Corn Stalks," Wall Street Journal, Jan. 3, 1929. Online: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/djreprints/doc/130610928.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan%203,%201929&author=&pub=Wall%20Street%20Journal&edition=&startpage=&desc=INSULATION%20BOARD%20FROM%20CORN%20STALKS
See: MAIZEWOOD