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DUBUQUE STONE PRODUCTS COMPANY
DUBUQUE STONE PRODUCTS COMPANY. Established in 1926, Dubuque Stone Products Company one year later was processing 2,000 tons of stone daily. The quarry and plant were located near the MISSISSIPPI RIVER at a point directly opposite the Illinois-Wisconsin state boundary line. Both the quarry and plant benefitted from being located near the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, AND ST. PAUL RAILROAD tracks and on the Mississippi Warrior Barge Line. A switching agreement in 1927 was also reached with the CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD and the CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD. (1)
Stone from the quarry in addition to being used in the Dubuque area was shipped to parts of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin for use in road construction, foundry flux, building construction, rip rap along streams, and for agricultural purposes. (2)
Dubuque Stone Products was part of [][SPAHN AND ROSE LUMBER COMPANY]] from 1928 until 1976 when it was split off to form a separate division. (3) Officials of the company included George DeForest "Bud" ROSE, president; Paul M. Nauman, secretary-treasurer and general manager; and H. R. Manahl, superintendent. (4) In 1981 Dubuque Stone Products was negotiating the sale of itself, its Tri-State Paving division, and a half-interest in Ready-Mix Concrete of Dubuque. (5)
In 1976 when Mulgrew Blacktop Inc. closed, the asphalt business in Dubuque was reduced from three down to the Tri-State Paving Company and TSCHIGGFRIE COMPANIES. (6)
The company was listed at 2900 Rhomberg in the 1929 and 1934 Dubuque City Directory.
In 1941 the company was located at 504 Garfield.
The 1942 Dubuque Classified Business Directory listed 2900 Rhomberg and 504 Garfield.
The 1948 Dubuque Classified Business Directory listed 420 Garfield.
The 1957 through 1980 Dubuque City Directory listed 504 Garfield.
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Source:
1. "Dubuque Stone Products Company," Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal, September 4, 1927, p. 9
2. Ibid.
3. "Materials Supplier May be Sold," Telegraph Herald, April 5, 1981, p. 19
4. Ibid,
5. "Mulgrew Blacktop Sells Asphalt Business," Telegraph Herald, June 25, 1978, p. 20
"Chronology" Telegraph Herald, 1979 p. 15D