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Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Carr, Ryder & Adams Company, Powerhouse, Tenth & Jackson Streets, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA

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Significance: An integral part of the Carr, Ryder and Adams factory complex, built at a time of tremendous expansion for the firm, this two-story powerhouse is historically significant for its association with one of Dubuque's most important early manufacturers. Architecturally, the building is a handsomely proportioned and relatively well preserved example of the frame/masonry structures built in the city's industrial district in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Survey number: HABS IA-160-AF

Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1912 Subsequent Work

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1910 - 1980
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label_outline Explore Adams Company, Ryder, Jackson Streets

Dams under construction. Watts Bar Dam, shown here under construction, has a semi-outdoors type powerhouse with an enormous gantry crane (to the right of the picture) for installation and removal of units. The project is further distinguished by a control building which is entirely removed from the hydro plant, being located some 120 feet higher on top of a steep cliff and with direct connection to the switchyard behind. The windowless left wing of the control building houses the control room; the tower-like structure in the back accomodates air conditioning, restrooms, etc. The glass wall, upper level, contains the reception room with a broad semi-circular overlook terrace, the story below the terrace devoted to offices

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