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VAN VALKENBERG AND LYONS
VAN VALKENBERG AND LYONS. F. VanValkenburg and James Lyons started the business in October, 1885. The company carried a diversified stock of cooking and heating stoves and ranges and all kinds of tin and sheet iron work making a specialty of tin roofing. The company employed three workmen.
The 1886-87 Dubuque City Directory listed 132 Main.
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Source:
The Industries of Dubuque: Her Relations as a Trade Center, Dubuque: J. M. Elster and Company, Publishers, 1887, p. 70