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KRETSCHMER MANUFACTURING COMPANY
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KRETSCHMER MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Opening its business in Dubuque in 1907, the company was incorporated the same year with a capital stock of $40,000. In 1911 the company advertised that it manufactured plumbing and heating supplies and had a specialty in bath trap and double flush water closets. Forty workmen were employed.
The 1915 Dubuque City Directory located this business at 9th and Washington.