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KEY CITY BARREL COMPANY
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KEY CITY BARREL COMPANY. Located between Second and Third STREETS, the company was founded in March 1878 and had the capacity of manufacturing 2,000 barrels daily. The company also had two stave factories, one in Dubuque and the other in Wisconsin where their own barrel staves could be produced.