Fenelon Place Elevator

The Fenelon Place Elevator is a 3 ft narrow gauge funicular railway located in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Photo: Dirk, CC BY 2.0.

Type: funicular
Description: funicular railway in Dubuque, Iowa.
Also known as: “Fourth Street Elevator”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Five Flags Center and St. Raphael’s Cathedral.

Five Flags Center

Theater building

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Five Flags Center is a multi-purpose facility in downtown Dubuque, Iowa. It is named for the five flags that have flown over Dubuque; the Royal French Flag, the Royal Flag of Spain, the Union Jack of Great Britain, the flag of the French Republic, and the flag of the United States. Five Flags Center is situated 590 feet northeast of Fenelon Place Elevator.

St. Raphael’s Cathedral

Church

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St. Raphael's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Archdiocese of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa in the United States. The parish is the oldest congregation of any Christian denomination in the state of Iowa. St. Raphael’s Cathedral is situated 820 feet south of Fenelon Place Elevator.

Redstone

Hotel

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Redstone is a historic building located in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. This is one of three large homes that Augustine A. Cooper, who owned Cooper Wagon and Buggy Works, built for himself and his two daughters.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dubuque and Port of Dubuque.

Dubuque

Photo: Dirk, CC BY 2.0.

Dubuque, founded in 1833, is the oldest city in Iowa. A port on the upper Mississippi River, it is situated along scenic bluffs facing the river, and has its roots in a mining and trading settlement established in the area by Quebec-born entrepreneur Julien Dubuque in 1788.

Port of Dubuque

Neighborhood

The Port of Dubuque is the section of downtown Dubuque, Iowa, United States, that is immediately adjacent to the Mississippi River. The area was among the first areas settled in what became the City of Dubuque, and the State of Iowa.

East Dubuque

Village

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East Dubuque is a city in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,505 at the 2020 census, down from 1,704 in 2010. East Dubuque is located alongside the Mississippi River.

Fenelon Place Elevator

Location: City of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.49723° or 42° 29′ 50″ north

Longitude

-90.66818° or 90° 40′ 5″ west

Elevation

646 feet (197 metres)

Open location code

86JFF8WJ+VP

GeoNames ID

4856570

Wikidata ID

Q5443314

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In Other Languages

From French to Japanese—“Fenelon Place Elevator” goes by many names.

French: “Ascenseur de Fenelon Place”
Japanese: “フェネロン・プレイス・エレベーター”

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