SOUTH PORT

SOUTH PORT. Bordered by East First Street to the north, Highway 151 on the west and a short distance south of the JULIEN DUBUQUE BRIDGE, and the filled-in area extending to the MISSISSIPPI RIVER. (1)

Dubuque's South Port since the 1870s was a maze of roadways, railroad right-of-ways and businesses. Carr and Austin planing mills supplied lumber yards north of the ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD roundhouse. The RYAN PACKING COMPANY was located between Water and Levee STREETS near Jones. A coal yard, perhaps used by the railroad roundhouse and steamers moored at the levee, was located between Levee (now Terminal Street) and Water streets. A public levee and wharf ran parallel to Levee Street. The DIAMOND JO LINE was granted permission to use a portion of the public levee around 1892. (2)

The FEDERAL BARGE LINE began service between St. Louis and Minneapolis in 1927. The barge terminal terminal opened that year at the end of Jones Street. Around 1938 the Dock Board, with financial aid from the Works Progress Administration, constructed a trestle for freight cars to reach the docks of the Municipal Barge Lines Terminal. (3)

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Source:

1. Meyer, Jeff. "Years of Activity," Telegraph Herald, January 6, 2017, p. 6A

2. Ibid. p. 7A

3. Ibid.