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Editorials of 1872 agreed with property owners on less traveled streets that sidewalks of six or eight feet in width were just as good as those constructed ten to twelve feet wide. | Editorials of 1872 agreed with property owners on less traveled streets that sidewalks of six or eight feet in width were just as good as those constructed ten to twelve feet wide. | ||
[[Image:bricksidewalks.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Brick sidewalks continue to be rare in the twentieth-first century.]] | |||
See: [[SIDEWALK MARKERS]] | |||
[[Category: City Government]] | [[Category: City Government]] | ||
Revision as of 02:35, 18 July 2009
SIDEWALKS. Dubuque residents as early as the 1800s were held responsible for the maintenance of sidewalks in front of their property. The locations of sidewalks needing repair were listed in the newspaper. The width of sidewalks was debatable.
Editorials of 1872 agreed with property owners on less traveled streets that sidewalks of six or eight feet in width were just as good as those constructed ten to twelve feet wide.
See: SIDEWALK MARKERS