The American Queen

The Upper Mississippi - October 2007

The Felton Place Elevator in Dubuque

This cable car was said to be

“...the world's shortest scenic railway, 296 feet in length, elevating passengers 189 feet from Fourth Street to Felton Place.”

Mr. J. K. Graves built the original cable car in 1882. Since then, the cable car has been rebuilt several times; the most recent rebuild was in 1977.

cable car
cable car View from the bottom
cable car Steep hill
cable car

Dubuque as seen from Felton Place

Dubuque Dubuque and the Mississippi River
Dubuque Looking toward Wisconsin