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FURNACES (LEAD PROCESSING)
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FURNACES (LEAD PROCESSING). Four furnaces were established in the Dubuque area in 1860. One was located at the foot of Southern Avenue. A second of east of Center Grove. A third furnace was one mile west of Catfish Mills and the last was west of a site called Stewarts.