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- Title:
- Union Electric Company's Station and loop at Union Park, Dubuque, Iowa
- Date Created:
- 1910
- Description:
- Incorporated on August 13, 1900, to provide electric power to Dubuque, the Union Electric Company was the successor of Hill Street and West Dubuque Steam Railway Company, Dubuque Street Railway Company, Dubuque Light and Traction Company, Star Electric Company, and the Home Electric Company. Union Park, operated by the company, was the only park of its type in the United States maintained exclusively by a street railway company. After Union Electric made many improvements such as new rail cars, a new car barn and power station, and a manufacturing plant, Dubuque Electric Company took over the operation in 1916. No. 165
- Subjects:
- Parks Street railroads Railroad stations Depots Union Park
- Physical Location:
- MS 01.108, Box 3 Series
- Location:
- Dubuque County (Iowa); Dubuque (Iowa)
- Latitude:
- 42.534067
- Longitude:
- -90.717366
- Source:
- Real photo reprint, divided back.
- Source Identifier:
- ihpc_dubuq0028
- Type:
- Image;StillImage
- Format:
- image/tiff
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Union Electric Company's Station and loop at Union Park, Dubuque, Iowa", CollectionBuilder CSV, Digital Initiatives, University of Idaho Library
- Reference Link:
- https://black-sea-0a2020810-1.centralus.azurestaticapps.net/items/15560.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Grinnell College Libraries does not own the copyright in these images and therefore cannot give or deny permission to publish or distribute any of them. It is the researcher's responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or distributing material from this collection. Any materials used must carry a credit line: Historic Iowa Postcard Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Grinnell College Libraries.