Download or read book Railroads of Dubuque written by John Tigges and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The city of Dubuque, settled on the west side of the Mississippi River in 1833, has historically been home to four major railways and numerous trolleys and passenger trains. Dubuque's railroad legacy was precipitated by local resident John Plumbe Jr., "the Father of the Transcontinental Railroad," who proposed a transcontinental railroad in 1838 and promoted the idea throughout the Midwest. The Illinois Central Railroad first reached the east bank of the Mississippi in 1855, followed by the Milwaukee Road, the Chicago and Great Western, and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroads. This book uses rare photographs and historical text to chronicle the development and heyday of these four pioneering railways, as well as Dubuque's many trolleys and its two funicular railroads. While the glory days of Dubuque's railroads may have passed, the legacy they brought to the city lives on, and is evident in the Fourth Street Elevator, which remains the world's shortest, steepest railroad.

Download or read book Documents of the Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad Company written by Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Exhibits and Documents Relating to the Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company written by Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book To the Stockholders of the Dubuque Sioux City Railroad Co written by Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1868* with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Dubuque Pacific Railroad Company written by Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Early History of Railroads in Iowa written by George Ware Stephens and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Articles of Incorporation and Report of the Dubuque South Western Railroad Co written by Dubuque South-Western Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Dubuque Sioux City R R Co by the Provisional Board of Directors written by Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Guide Gazetteer and Directory of the Dubuque Soux sic City Railroad and Branches written by and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report Given by Col Geo A Mix Dubuque of the Exploration of the Proposed Route of the Dubuque Pacific Railroad written by Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Documents of the Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company written by Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes articles of incorporation and by-laws, mortgage, deed of trust, Iowa laws pertaining to railroads, etc.

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Download or read book Report of the Board of Directors of the Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad Company to the Stockholders December 31 1887 written by Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Iowa s Last Narrow Gauge Railroad written by John Tigges and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When talk began circulating in 1848 about the importance of railroads, the people of Cascade grew anxious. Without direct access to navigable rivers other than the Mississippi over 36 miles away, their community could very well fade from existence. They needed a railroad as soon as possible. The idea raced forward, with the backing of the Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad Company, or "the River Road," which ran along the western bank of the Mississippi River and passed through Bellevue. Their hopes and dreams became reality in a three-foot-gauge line 31 years later, in 1879. In 1880, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway purchased the River Road, which included the narrow-gauge branch line to Cascade. Overjoyed at having a larger entity involved, anticipation for the widening of the rails to standard gauge grew quickly. This book relates the story from the beginning to its abandonment in 1936. Today Bellevue and Cascade survive as thriving small towns and are economically healthy. Despite the fact that 70 years have passed since the last spike was pulled, many people know of and recall Iowa's last narrow-gauge railroad.