Quasdorf Wagon, Machine and Blacksmith Shop Museum
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Quasdorf Wagon, Machine and Blacksmith Shop Museum is a museum in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 351 m. The nearest named place is Dows Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 119 miles off.
The story
Quasdorf Blacksmith and Wagon Shop, now known as the Quasdorf Blacksmith and Wagon Museum, is a historic building located in Dows, Iowa, United States. The shop was built in 1899 and remained in continuous use until 1990 when Frank Quasdorf willed the building to the Dows Historical Society. The building was restored and reopened as a museum. Displays include machines, tools, belt-driven and electric welding equipment, original wagon wheels, blacksmithing items, a forge and the bellows. Many of the items on display are original to the building and the Quasdorf family.
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Wikidata Q7269425, matched on coordinates and name (296 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 351 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 119.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Gun Club Corner: 0.6 mi
- Toft Wildlife Area: 0.8 mi
- Dows River Access: 1.7 mi
- Groom Area: 3.2 mi
- Oakland-Iowa River County Park: 5.5 mi
- Toft County Park: 0.7 mi
- Dows Park: 1.0 mi
- Bringham Park: 5.8 mi
- Popejoy County Park: 6.2 mi
- Interstate Lake Park: 6.5 mi
- 4-H Schoolhouse Museum: 13.3 mi
- Heartland Museum: 13.3 mi
- REA Power Plant Museum: 13.7 mi
- Belmond Historical Museum: 14.1 mi
- Dow House: 15.3 mi
- Dows Veterans Memorial/ Freedom Rock: 0.3 mi
- Old Dam: 14.2 mi
- Iowa Falls Veterans Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Eide Memorial Fountain: 18.6 mi
- Eagle Grove War Memorial: 20.4 mi
- I-35 Dows Rest Stop: 2.2 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:13 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:58 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 21 | 34 | 47 | 60 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 35 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarion, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/367089809
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