. Story of Lee County, Iowa. PINE STREET, LOOKING SOUTH TO THE RIA^ER, FORT MADISON. PINE STREET, FORT MADISONLooking toward river from Second Street. Taken in the latter 70s. HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY 261 Shortly after the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fc Railroad wascompleted through Lee Count} the Fort Madison Iron Works wereestablished in the western part of the city for the manufacture of carwheels and carried on a successful business for a number of years,when the concern was absorbed by the wheel trust. The Fort Madi-son factor}- was then closed and the buildings stood idle for sometime. In 1914
. Story of Lee County, Iowa. PINE STREET, LOOKING SOUTH TO THE RIA^ER, FORT MADISON. PINE STREET, FORT MADISONLooking toward river from Second Street. Taken in the latter 70s. HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY 261 Shortly after the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fc Railroad wascompleted through Lee Count} the Fort Madison Iron Works wereestablished in the western part of the city for the manufacture of carwheels and carried on a successful business for a number of years,when the concern was absorbed by the wheel trust. The Fort Madi-son factor}- was then closed and the buildings stood idle for sometime. In 1914. through the influence of the Fort Madison FirstAssociation, the Acme Manufacturing Company, makers of chande-liers and novelties in brass work, took possession of the old plant andremodeled it to adapt it to the new line of business. The Brown Paper Company was formed as the Fort MadisonPaper Company in 1SS2 and buildings for the manufacture of straw-wrapping and building paper were erected in the western part ofthe city. Several additions have been made to the original mil
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