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HOPKINS, William. (Glasgow, Scotland--Dubuque, IA, 1902). Master ship builder. Hopkins, perhaps more than any other person, led Dubuque to become the premier BOAT BUILDING center on the inland waters of the United States. Hopkins came to Dubuque after the CIVIL WAR.
Working for the IOWA IRON WORKS, Hopkins supervised the construction of the Clyde, the Upper Mississippi River's first iron-hulled boat and the second built for the lumber trade. The boat was named for a river in Scotland.
In1882 he patented the "doctor," a lift and feed pump used to maintain a minimum level of water in boilers and thereby preventing high pressure boiler explosions.