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CONCRETE PRODUCTS COMPANY

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CONCRETE PRODUCTS COMPANY. Established in 1939, Concrete Products from the 1942 Dubuque Classified Business Directory to the 1957 Dubuque City Directory was listed at 973 Main.

In 1962 through 1968 the company was listed at 425 E. 28th.

The 1970 through 1985 Dubuque City Directory listed Highway 3 and 52 North.

The company in 1970 had twenty-four employees. (1) The firm also sold lightweight, shadow, ornamental, hi-lite, split, scored, chimney and glass block; flue lining, steel sash, cement paint, and reinforcing. (2)

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Source:

1. "Directory of Industry", Telegraph-Herald, April 5, 1970, p. 73

2. Advertisement. Telegraph Herald, October 10, 1969, p. 4

Directory of Dubuque Industries. Prepared by the Dubuque Industrial Bureau, 1967

Chronology '79, Telegraph Herald, p. 7