RIVER NEWS-Great Republic-1876

GREAT REPUBLIC

Posted By: cheryl moonen (email)
Date: 1/30/2018 at 18:28:26

Dubuque Daily Times, Thursday, April 25, 1876, Dubuque, Iowa, Page: 7

RIVER NEWS

The hull of the Great Republic, 342 feet long, which had been converted into an ice barge, was towed up yesterday. When she passed she made a ripple in the water something like Noah’s ark made when the water was at a high stage some time ago.