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The museum is a property of the Dubuque County Historical Society, [1] which also operates the Mathias Ham Historic Site. The museum has two buildings on its riverfront campus: the Mississippi River Center and the National River Center. [2] The museum originally opened as the Fred W. Woodward Riverboat Museum on July 18, 1982 before being ...
William M. Black is a steam-propelled, sidewheel dustpan dredge, named for William Murray Black, now serving as a museum ship in the harbor of Dubuque, Iowa.Built in 1934, she is one of a small number of surviving steam-powered dredges, and one of four surviving United States Army Corps of Engineers dredges.
The house was designed by John F. Rague and built for local businessman and lead miner Mathias Ham in 1857. [citation needed] Ham had owned an island in the Mississippi River at Dubuque, called Ham's Island (which has since renamed City Island and then Chaplain Schmitt Memorial Island, after Father Aloysius Schmitt). [4]
The Port of Dubuque (also known as the Ice Harbor, 4th Street Peninsula, or the Riverfront) is the section of downtown Dubuque, Iowa, USA, that is immediately adjacent to 579.4 mile to the Mississippi River. The area was among the first areas settled in what became the City of Dubuque, and the State of Iowa. [1]
The Mississippi Riverwalk adjoins the hotel. Near the hotel is the Shot Tower, the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, Diamond Jo Casino, and the Dubuque Star Brewery. The Alliant Energy Amphitheater is located next to the brewery, and is the site of concerts and other events.
Pages in category "Museums in Dubuque, Iowa" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium; W.
HAER No. IA-23, "Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 11, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA", 50 photos, 16 data pages, 3 photo caption pages HAER No. IA-24, " Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 12, Bellevue, Jackson County, IA ", 23 photos, 14 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
River History Museum: Lansing: Allamakee: East: Maritime: Includes exhibits about steam-boating, commercial fishing, pearl button industry and ice harvesting [74] River Music Experience: Davenport: Scott: East: Music: America's music, especially the music of the Mississippi River Rock Island Depot Museum: Clarion: Wright: Central: Local history