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[A Large steam engine in an unidentified rail yard in Dubuque, Iowa]
A large steam engine with four sets of drive wheels may be seen in this photograph. A coal tender is attached to the engine. Heavy dark smoke is belching from the engine. A box car is partially visible on a parallel track to the right of the tender.…
[Excellent street car service]
At least nine street cars are visible in this image. A sign on car #202, in the foreground, asks that passengers “have exact fare ready.” A woman carrying a parasol has just climbed the steps of an adjacent car. The conductor is standing near the…
[Steam engines on the tracks in the Milwaukee Railroad yards]
Four steam engines, all with steam coming from their stacks, may be seen waiting adjacent to each other in the yard of the Milwaukee Railroad. Coal tender 4380 and its engine are coupled in reverse to tender 4378 and its engine. Shop buildings are…
[View of the Julien Dubuque Monument and the Mississippi River]
This elevated view of the Mississippi River, railroad tracks and the Julian Dubuque Monument, was taken looking south, down river. A small railroad bridge is clearly visible. Four men have just walked north across the bridge. Closer to the…
The Julien Dubuque Monument and the Catfish Creek Bridge
In this image, the Julien Dubuque Monument may be seen on top of a bluff. A door and two windows in the monument are clearly visible. A steel railroad bridge is in the foreground. The waters of Catfish Creek are visible below the bridge. Two men are…
[Eagle Point as seen from below the Eagle Point Bridge]
This image was probably taken from a boat anchored in the Mississippi River just to the south of the Eagle Point Bridge. A portion of the steel bridge is visible. A pavilion in Eagle Point Park is visible on the top of the bluff. A shed has been…
[Wide angle view of the Milwaukee Railroad shops, Dubuque, Iowa]
The extensive yards and shops of the Milwaukee Railroad in Dubuque may be seen in the image. No engines are visible, however cars labeled “C & EI” and loaded with what appears to be scrap metal, caboose cars, box cars and tank cars may be seen. The…
[Eastern approach to the Eagle Point Bridge across the Mississippi River]
Two spans and the wooden trestle of the eastern approach of the steel Eagle Point Bridge are visible. The number 1286 is written on a label that has been stuck to the lower left corner of the slide.
[A Steamboat passes under the Eagle Point Bridge, Dubuque Iowa]
Traveling south, a steam boat passes under the Eagle Point Bridge. One of the steel spans, and the wooden trestle which forms the eastern approach to the bridge are also visible. The number 1286-2 is written on a label that has been stuck to the…
[High water at the Dubuque harbor, April 18, 1916]
Two boats, a barge, logs, and other debris floating in the water may be seen in this view looking west into the harbor with the Dubuque waterfront in the background. The Mississippi River reached the 18 foot stage on April 13 - the highest in over 28…