Iowa Iron Works
Iowa Iron Works, renamed Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works in 1904, was a manufacturing company established in Dubuque, Iowa in 1883.[1]
Notable Boats
Sprague built in 1901, was the world's largest steam powered sternwheeler towboat.[2]
In 1907, the Sprague set a world's all-time record for towing: 60 barges of coal, weighing 67,307 tons, covering an area of <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />6+1⁄2 acres, and measuring Script error: No such module "convert". by Script error: No such module "convert"..[3] A model of Sprague is in the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.
United States Coast Guard inland construction tender Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". built 1943–1944, was designated Queen of the Fleet, the Coast Guard's oldest commissioned cutter, in April 2011.[4]
References
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