https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=DUBUQUE_%28steamboats%29DUBUQUE (steamboats) - Revision history2026-05-03T13:45:32ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.1https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_(steamboats)&diff=111066&oldid=prevRandylyon at 17:44, 17 February 20142014-02-17T17:44:00Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:dubuque-1.gif|left|thumb|350px|]]The first ''Dubuque'' was constructed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1835. In choosing that name, the tiny mining town became the first community in Iowa so honored. On the afternoon of August 14, 1837, the flue on one of the boilers collapsed, hurtling scalding water and steam over dozens of passengers. Twenty-two people were killed. This was the first of many explosions on <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[STEAMBOATS]] </del>along the Mississippi. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:dubuque-1.gif|left|thumb|350px|]]The first ''Dubuque'' was constructed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1835. In choosing that name, the tiny mining town became the first community in Iowa so honored. On the afternoon of August 14, 1837, the flue on one of the boilers collapsed, hurtling scalding water and steam over dozens of passengers. Twenty-two people were killed. This was the first of many explosions on <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">steambboats </ins>along the Mississippi. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:boat1|left|thumb|350px|Telegraph Herald, Apr. 28, 1897. Image courtesy: Diane Harris]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:boat1<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.jpg</ins>|left|thumb|350px|Telegraph Herald, Apr. 28, 1897. Image courtesy: Diane Harris]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:boat2|left|thumb|350px|]]The last steamboat to be named ''Dubuque'' was originally named the "Pittsburgh" when it was constructed in Cincinnati in 1879. The boat was purchased by [[REYNOLDS, Joseph "Diamond Jo"|Joseph "Diamond Jo" REYNOLDS]] in 1881 and operated as part of his steamship line until a storm destroyed much of her upper deck. The Pittsburgh was towed to [[EAGLE POINT]]. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:boat2<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.jpg</ins>|left|thumb|350px|]]The last steamboat to be named ''Dubuque'' was originally named the "Pittsburgh" when it was constructed in Cincinnati in 1879. The boat was purchased by [[REYNOLDS, Joseph "Diamond Jo"|Joseph "Diamond Jo" REYNOLDS]] in 1881 and operated as part of his steamship line until a storm destroyed much of her upper deck. The Pittsburgh was towed to [[EAGLE POINT]]. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the Diamond Jo Boat Yards repairs were made under the direction of Captain [[KILLEEN, John F.|John F. KILLEEN]]. Renamed the "Dubuque", the ship returned to operation until purchased by the Streckfus line and converted to an excursion boat named the "Capitol." In her final years of operation, the "Capitol" ran as far north as Stillwater, Minnesota, and then moved south near New Orleans during the winter. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the Diamond Jo Boat Yards repairs were made under the direction of Captain [[KILLEEN, John F.|John F. KILLEEN]]. Renamed the "Dubuque", the ship returned to operation until purchased by the Streckfus line and converted to an excursion boat named the "Capitol." In her final years of operation, the "Capitol" ran as far north as Stillwater, Minnesota, and then moved south near New Orleans during the winter. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:dubuque-1.gif|left|thumb|350px|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Andrew Carnegie</del>]]The first ''Dubuque'' was constructed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1835. In choosing that name, the tiny mining town became the first community in Iowa so honored. On the afternoon of August 14, 1837, the flue on one of the boilers collapsed, hurtling scalding water and steam over dozens of passengers. Twenty-two people were killed. This was the first of many explosions on [[STEAMBOATS]] along the Mississippi. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:dubuque-1.gif|left|thumb|350px|]]The first ''Dubuque'' was constructed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1835. In choosing that name, the tiny mining town became the first community in Iowa so honored. On the afternoon of August 14, 1837, the flue on one of the boilers collapsed, hurtling scalding water and steam over dozens of passengers. Twenty-two people were killed. This was the first of many explosions on [[STEAMBOATS]] along the Mississippi. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1847 the second ''Dubuque'' was built at Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. After nine years of uneventful service, the ship sank opposite Mundy's Landing, Missouri. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1847 the second ''Dubuque'' was built at Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. After nine years of uneventful service, the ship sank opposite Mundy's Landing, Missouri. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sunkenship.png</del>|left|thumb|350px|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sunk at Keithsburg</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Illinois in 1901</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the "Dubuque" was formerly the "Capitol</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</del>]]The last steamboat to be named ''Dubuque'' was originally named the "Pittsburgh" when it was constructed in Cincinnati in 1879. The boat was purchased by [[REYNOLDS, Joseph "Diamond Jo"|Joseph "Diamond Jo" REYNOLDS]] in 1881 and operated as part of his steamship line until a storm destroyed much of her upper deck. The Pittsburgh was towed to [[EAGLE POINT]]. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">boat1</ins>|left|thumb|350px|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Telegraph Herald</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Apr. 28</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1897</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Image courtesy: Diane Harris]]</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the Diamond Jo Boat Yards repairs were made under the direction of Captain [[KILLEEN, John F.|John F. KILLEEN]]. Renamed the "Dubuque", the ship returned to operation until purchased by the Streckfus line and converted to an excursion boat named the "Capitol." In her final years of operation, the "Capitol" ran as far north as Stillwater, Minnesota, and then moved south near New Orleans during the winter. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the Diamond Jo Boat Yards repairs were made under the direction of Captain [[KILLEEN, John F.|John F. KILLEEN]]. Renamed the "Dubuque", the ship returned to operation until purchased by the Streckfus line and converted to an excursion boat named the "Capitol." In her final years of operation, the "Capitol" ran as far north as Stillwater, Minnesota, and then moved south near New Orleans during the winter. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The average life of a steamboat on western waters was five years. All the steamboats named "Dubuque", except the first, lasted longer than this time of service. The "Capitol," eventually became the steamboat with the longest record of service on the Mississippi.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The average life of a steamboat on western waters was five years. All the steamboats named "Dubuque", except the first, lasted longer than this time of service. The "Capitol," eventually became the steamboat with the longest record of service on the Mississippi.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_(steamboats)&diff=71983&oldid=prevRandylyon at 22:19, 21 June 20122012-06-21T22:19:49Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:dubuque-1.gif|left|thumb|350px|Andrew Carnegie]]The first ''Dubuque'' was constructed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1835. In choosing that name, the tiny mining town became the first community in Iowa so honored. On the afternoon of August 14, 1837, the flue on one of the boilers collapsed, hurtling scalding water and steam over dozens of passengers. Twenty-two people were killed. This was the first of many explosions on [[STEAMBOATS]] along the Mississippi. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:dubuque-1.gif|left|thumb|350px|Andrew Carnegie]]The first ''Dubuque'' was constructed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1835. In choosing that name, the tiny mining town became the first community in Iowa so honored. On the afternoon of August 14, 1837, the flue on one of the boilers collapsed, hurtling scalding water and steam over dozens of passengers. Twenty-two people were killed. This was the first of many explosions on [[STEAMBOATS]] along the Mississippi. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1847 the second ''Dubuque'' was built at Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. After nine years of uneventful service, the ship sank opposite Mundy's Landing, Missouri. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1847 the second ''Dubuque'' was built at Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. After nine years of uneventful service, the ship sank opposite Mundy's Landing, Missouri. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The average life of a steamboat on western waters was five years. All the steamboats named "Dubuque", except the first, lasted longer than this time of service. The "Capitol," eventually became the steamboat with the longest record of service on the Mississippi.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The average life of a steamboat on western waters was five years. All the steamboats named "Dubuque", except the first, lasted longer than this time of service. The "Capitol," eventually became the steamboat with the longest record of service on the Mississippi.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_(steamboats)&diff=20315&oldid=prevRandylyon at 00:56, 21 February 20102010-02-21T00:56:55Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The third ''Dubuque'', fully equipped and furnished at an estimated cost of $100,000, began service in 1867 as part of the Northern Line. The ship was 230 feet long and operated with four boilers and two engines. Fifty-two "palace staterooms" were capable of accommodating 102 passengers. This boat's name, unfortunately, is linked to the worst race riot on the upper Mississippi. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The third ''Dubuque'', fully equipped and furnished at an estimated cost of $100,000, began service in 1867 as part of the Northern Line. The ship was 230 feet long and operated with four boilers and two engines. Fifty-two "palace staterooms" were capable of accommodating 102 passengers. This boat's name, unfortunately, is linked to the worst race riot on the upper Mississippi. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On July 24, 1869, the ''Dubuque'' left Davenport with over two hundred deck passengers including many raftsmen who had been drinking heavily after being paid. In an effort to prevent anyone from leaving the lower deck and not paying their fare, an African American clerk <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hand </del>was posted on the stairs leading to the second deck. A fight broke out when one of the lumbermen attempted to leave the lower deck for more liquor. Sent back to the lower deck, the lumberman gathered his armed friends and began looking for every African American they could find. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On July 24, 1869, the ''Dubuque'' left Davenport with over two hundred deck passengers including many raftsmen who had been drinking heavily after being paid. In an effort to prevent anyone from leaving the lower deck and not paying their fare, an African American clerk was posted on the stairs leading to the second deck. A fight broke out when one of the lumbermen attempted to leave the lower deck for more liquor. Sent back to the lower deck, the lumberman gathered his armed friends and began looking for every African American they could find. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The captain succeeded at Hampton, Illinois, in sending someone to shore for help. The ringleader of the riot, "Mike" Lynch, slipped ashore at Comanche, Iowa. The boat was stopped by soldiers of the Rock Island Arsenal and the rioters were taken into custody. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The captain succeeded at Hampton, Illinois, in sending someone to shore for help. The ringleader of the riot, "Mike" Lynch, slipped ashore at Comanche, Iowa. The boat was stopped by soldiers of the Rock Island Arsenal and the rioters were taken into custody. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nine men were killed during the riot on the Dubuque. The incident was the only one of its kind during seventy-five years of rafting on the upper Mississippi. Ten of the rioters were later indicted. Seven, including Lynch who was captured later, were sent to the state penitentiary at Joliet, Illinois. In 1876 the ill-fated ship burned at Alton Slough while in winter quarters. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nine men were killed during the riot on the Dubuque. The incident was the only one of its kind during seventy-five years of rafting on the upper Mississippi. Ten of the rioters were later indicted. Seven, including Lynch who was captured later, were sent to the state penitentiary at Joliet, Illinois. In 1876 the ill-fated ship burned at Alton Slough while in winter quarters. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:sunkenship.png|left|thumb|350px|Sunk at Keithsburg, Illinois in 1901, the "Dubuque" was formerly the "Capitol."]]The last steamboat to be named ''Dubuque'' was originally named the Pittsburgh when it was constructed in Cincinnati in 1879. The boat was purchased by [[REYNOLDS, Joseph "Diamond Jo"|Joseph "Diamond Jo" REYNOLDS]] in 1881 and operated as part of his steamship line until a storm destroyed much of her upper deck. The Pittsburgh was towed to [[EAGLE POINT]]. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">At the Diamond Jo Boat Yards repairs were made under the direction of Captain [[KILLEEN, John F.|John F. KILLEEN]]. Renamed the ''Dubuque'', the ship returned to operation until purchased by the Streckfus line and converted to an excursion boat named the "Capitol." In her final years of operation, the "Capitol" ran as far north as Stillwater, Minnesota, and then moved south near New Orleans during the winter. </del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:sunkenship.png|left|thumb|350px|Sunk at Keithsburg, Illinois in 1901, the "Dubuque" was formerly the "Capitol."]]The last steamboat to be named ''Dubuque'' was originally named the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>Pittsburgh<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </ins>when it was constructed in Cincinnati in 1879. The boat was purchased by [[REYNOLDS, Joseph "Diamond Jo"|Joseph "Diamond Jo" REYNOLDS]] in 1881 and operated as part of his steamship line until a storm destroyed much of her upper deck. The Pittsburgh was towed to [[EAGLE POINT]]. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The average life of a steamboat on western waters was five years. All the steamboats named <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>Dubuque<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>, except the first, lasted longer than this time of service. The "Capitol," eventually became the steamboat with the longest record of service on the Mississippi.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">At the Diamond Jo Boat Yards repairs were made under the direction of Captain [[KILLEEN, John F.|John F. KILLEEN]]. Renamed the "Dubuque", the ship returned to operation until purchased by the Streckfus line and converted to an excursion boat named the "Capitol." In her final years of operation, the "Capitol" ran as far north as Stillwater, Minnesota, and then moved south near New Orleans during the winter. </ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_(steamboats)&diff=17928&oldid=prevRandylyon at 04:52, 7 November 20092009-11-07T04:52:14Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The average life of a steamboat on western waters was five years. All the steamboats named ''Dubuque'', except the first, lasted longer than this time of service. The Capitol, eventually became the steamboat with the longest record of service on the Mississippi.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The average life of a steamboat on western waters was five years. All the steamboats named ''Dubuque'', except the first, lasted longer than this time of service. The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>Capitol,<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </ins>eventually became the steamboat with the longest record of service on the Mississippi.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_(steamboats)&diff=17927&oldid=prevRandylyon at 04:51, 7 November 20092009-11-07T04:51:23Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nine men were killed during the riot on the Dubuque. The incident was the only one of its kind during seventy-five years of rafting on the upper Mississippi. Ten of the rioters were later indicted. Seven, including Lynch who was captured later, were sent to the state penitentiary at Joliet, Illinois. In 1876 the ill-fated ship burned at Alton Slough while in winter quarters. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nine men were killed during the riot on the Dubuque. The incident was the only one of its kind during seventy-five years of rafting on the upper Mississippi. Ten of the rioters were later indicted. Seven, including Lynch who was captured later, were sent to the state penitentiary at Joliet, Illinois. In 1876 the ill-fated ship burned at Alton Slough while in winter quarters. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:sunkenship.png|left|thumb|350px|Sunk at Keithsburg, Illinois in 1901, the "Dubuque" was formerly the "Capitol]]The last steamboat to be named ''Dubuque'' was originally named the Pittsburgh when it was constructed in Cincinnati in 1879. The boat was purchased by [[REYNOLDS, Joseph "Diamond Jo"|Joseph "Diamond Jo" REYNOLDS]] in 1881 and operated as part of his steamship line until a storm destroyed much of her upper deck. The Pittsburgh was towed to [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the Diamond Jo Boat Yards repairs were made under the direction of Captain [[KILLEEN, John F.|John F. KILLEEN]]. Renamed the ''Dubuque'', the ship returned to operation until purchased by the Streckfus line and converted to an excursion boat named the "Capitol." In her final years of operation, the "Capitol" ran as far north as Stillwater, Minnesota, and then moved south near New Orleans during the winter. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:sunkenship.png|left|thumb|350px|Sunk at Keithsburg, Illinois in 1901, the "Dubuque" was formerly the "Capitol<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">."</ins>]]The last steamboat to be named ''Dubuque'' was originally named the Pittsburgh when it was constructed in Cincinnati in 1879. The boat was purchased by [[REYNOLDS, Joseph "Diamond Jo"|Joseph "Diamond Jo" REYNOLDS]] in 1881 and operated as part of his steamship line until a storm destroyed much of her upper deck. The Pittsburgh was towed to [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the Diamond Jo Boat Yards repairs were made under the direction of Captain [[KILLEEN, John F.|John F. KILLEEN]]. Renamed the ''Dubuque'', the ship returned to operation until purchased by the Streckfus line and converted to an excursion boat named the "Capitol." In her final years of operation, the "Capitol" ran as far north as Stillwater, Minnesota, and then moved south near New Orleans during the winter. </div></td></tr>
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</table>Randylyonhttps://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=DUBUQUE_(steamboats)&diff=17920&oldid=prevRandylyon at 00:49, 7 November 20092009-11-07T00:49:02Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:sunkenship.png|left|thumb|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">250px</del>|Sunk at Keithsburg, Illinois in 1901, the "Dubuque" was formerly the "Capitol]]The last steamboat to be named ''Dubuque'' was originally named the Pittsburgh when it was constructed in Cincinnati in 1879. The boat was purchased by [[REYNOLDS, Joseph "Diamond Jo"|Joseph "Diamond Jo" REYNOLDS]] in 1881 and operated as part of his steamship line until a storm destroyed much of her upper deck. The Pittsburgh was towed to [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the Diamond Jo Boat Yards repairs were made under the direction of Captain [[KILLEEN, John F.|John F. KILLEEN]]. Renamed the ''Dubuque'', the ship returned to operation until purchased by the Streckfus line and converted to an excursion boat named the "Capitol." In her final years of operation, the "Capitol" ran as far north as Stillwater, Minnesota, and then moved south near New Orleans during the winter. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:sunkenship.png|left|thumb|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">350px</ins>|Sunk at Keithsburg, Illinois in 1901, the "Dubuque" was formerly the "Capitol]]The last steamboat to be named ''Dubuque'' was originally named the Pittsburgh when it was constructed in Cincinnati in 1879. The boat was purchased by [[REYNOLDS, Joseph "Diamond Jo"|Joseph "Diamond Jo" REYNOLDS]] in 1881 and operated as part of his steamship line until a storm destroyed much of her upper deck. The Pittsburgh was towed to [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the Diamond Jo Boat Yards repairs were made under the direction of Captain [[KILLEEN, John F.|John F. KILLEEN]]. Renamed the ''Dubuque'', the ship returned to operation until purchased by the Streckfus line and converted to an excursion boat named the "Capitol." In her final years of operation, the "Capitol" ran as far north as Stillwater, Minnesota, and then moved south near New Orleans during the winter. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nine men were killed during the riot on the Dubuque. The incident was the only one of its kind during seventy-five years of rafting on the upper Mississippi. Ten of the rioters were later indicted. Seven, including Lynch who was captured later, were sent to the state penitentiary at Joliet, Illinois. In 1876 the ill-fated ship burned at Alton Slough while in winter quarters. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Nine men were killed during the riot on the Dubuque. The incident was the only one of its kind during seventy-five years of rafting on the upper Mississippi. Ten of the rioters were later indicted. Seven, including Lynch who was captured later, were sent to the state penitentiary at Joliet, Illinois. In 1876 the ill-fated ship burned at Alton Slough while in winter quarters. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The last steamboat to be named ''Dubuque'' was originally named the Pittsburgh when it was constructed in Cincinnati in 1879. The boat was purchased by [[REYNOLDS, Joseph "Diamond Jo"|Joseph "Diamond Jo" REYNOLDS]] in 1881 and operated as part of his steamship line until a storm destroyed much of her upper deck. The Pittsburgh was towed to [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the Diamond Jo Boat Yards repairs were made under the direction of Captain [[KILLEEN, John F.|John F. KILLEEN]]. Renamed the ''Dubuque'', the ship returned to operation until purchased by the Streckfus line and converted to an excursion boat named the Capitol. In her final years of operation, the Capitol ran as far north as Stillwater, Minnesota, and then moved south near New Orleans during the winter. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:sunkenship.png|left|thumb|250px|Sunk at Keithsburg, Illinois in 1901, the "Dubuque" was formerly the "Capitol]]</ins>The last steamboat to be named ''Dubuque'' was originally named the Pittsburgh when it was constructed in Cincinnati in 1879. The boat was purchased by [[REYNOLDS, Joseph "Diamond Jo"|Joseph "Diamond Jo" REYNOLDS]] in 1881 and operated as part of his steamship line until a storm destroyed much of her upper deck. The Pittsburgh was towed to [[EAGLE POINT]]. At the Diamond Jo Boat Yards repairs were made under the direction of Captain [[KILLEEN, John F.|John F. KILLEEN]]. Renamed the ''Dubuque'', the ship returned to operation until purchased by the Streckfus line and converted to an excursion boat named the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>Capitol.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </ins>In her final years of operation, the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>Capitol<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </ins>ran as far north as Stillwater, Minnesota, and then moved south near New Orleans during the winter. </div></td></tr>
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