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[[Image:P1000309.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Richard Waller. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]WALLER, Richard. (Yorkshire, England, Feb. 26, 1796-Unknown). Capitalist. Arriving in Dubuque in 1834, Waller with other miners built | [[Image:P1000309.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Richard Waller. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]WALLER, Richard. (Yorkshire, England, Feb. 26, 1796-Unknown). Capitalist. Arriving in Dubuque in 1834, Waller with other miners built a blast furnace at the Little Platte. It was the first furnace for smelting constructed in the area. The following year they built three more, one at the mouth of the Fever River, one at Rockdale ([[WALLER'S FURNACE]]),and one at Mineral Point. Waller continued his success in the smelting business for nearly thirty years and then formed an association with [[FARLEY, Jesse P.|Jesse P. FARLEY]] in the mercantile business. | ||
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WALLER, Richard. (Yorkshire, England, Feb. 26, 1796-Unknown). Capitalist. Arriving in Dubuque in 1834, Waller with other miners built a blast furnace at the Little Platte. It was the first furnace for smelting constructed in the area. The following year they built three more, one at the mouth of the Fever River, one at Rockdale (WALLER'S FURNACE),and one at Mineral Point. Waller continued his success in the smelting business for nearly thirty years and then formed an association with Jesse P. FARLEY in the mercantile business.