Iowa Iron Works, renamed Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works in 1904, was a manufacturing company established in

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in 1883.

Notable Boats

''Sprague'' built in 1901, was the world's largest steam powered

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. In 1907, ''Sprague'' set a world's all-time record for towing: 60 barges of coal, weighing 67,307 tons, covering an area of acres, and measuring by . A model of ''Sprague'' is in the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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inland construction tender built 1943–1944, was designated Queen of the Fleet, the Coast Guard's oldest commissioned cutter, in April 2011.

References

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