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Burlington Streets: Grove St.(4X)
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    • Date Created: 1939-10-24
    • Description: Photograph dated Oct. 24, 1939. Original caption reads: WPA [Work Projects Administration] Street Paving Project No. 665-12-2-38(Grove Street) This view shows a section of Grove Street looking northerly from the break of grade near the Charles Kirby residence. The telford stone base and crushed stone base leveling course had been completed at this stage of the construction and one-half gallon per square yard of 85-100 penetration asphalt binder had been applied to the base leveling course as a tack coat. The two inch wearing course of crushed stone has just been started in the left of the picture. The stone rubble at the right is for use in continuing the construction of the base. The heavy cut just northerly of the bridge can be seen in the distance as well as the rock quarry at the extreme right where all stone rubble for the telford base is being quarried.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


    Burlington Streets: Grove St.
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      • Date Created: 1940-11-21
      • Description: Photograph dated Nov. 21, 1940. Original caption reads: WPA (Work Projects Administration) Project No. 665-12-1-38 This view is shows the improvement on Grove Street looking southerly from a point near the end of the curb at the northerly end of the project opposite the W.C. Kirby residence. The old quarry pit has been completely filled in the right foreground from excavation taken from the back slope on the shoulders on the right side of the street after having quarried enough stone rubble from the old pit to construct all of the telford stone base for this project.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


      Burlington Streets: Flynn Ave.
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        • Date Created: 1931-04-27
        • Description: Photograph dated April 27, 1931 looking westward at the preliminary work of the road widening project on Park Avenue (renamed Flynn Avenue) Photograph taken below Pine Street (note statue of St. Anthony at left)
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


        Burlington Streets: Intervale Rd.
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          • Date Created: 1928-11-26 00:00:00
          • Description: November 26, 1928. Washout on Intervale Road caused by flood of Nov. 4, 1927 as it looked just before starting work of construction of new road Nov. 1928.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs,Louis L. McAllister Photographs


          Burlington Streets: Intervale
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            • Date Created: undated
            • Description: Undated but may be from around 1930. This is a neighborhood grocery store located at the intersection of Riverside Ave and Intervale Ave. This photo appears in "Images of America Burlington, Vol. 2, p. 60. Authors suggest this store may have been owned by Sophia Saiger as she is listed as being a grocer in the 1930 city directory and residing at 178 Intervale Ave.
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs,Louis L. McAllister Photographs


            Burlington Streets: Hayward St. & Hayward St. Sewer
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              • Date Created: 1934-04-13
              • Description: April 13, 1934. P.W.A. Sewer Project No. 2353. South Park. A section of Hayward Street sewer looking north and after backfill is nearing completion. Note wet condition of terrain which necessitated pumping during excavation preceding the laying of the tile and the addition of a 6" sand cushion under tile.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs,Louis L. McAllister Photographs


              Burlington Streets: Main Street (Lower)
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                • Date Created: 1943-05-05
                • Description: May 5, 1943. Rail Removal Project. Burlington, Vermont by the city street dept. This view, looking east up the hill, shows Rail Removal Project at intersection of Main Street and So. Winooski Ave. where a hot-mix asphalt pavement had been constructed over the top of the rails to a depth of 2 to 3 inches. On the right are businesses that include (extreme right) Kent-Thomas Co advertising Armstrong tires at 211-213 Main, further up is 229 Main location of Nourse's restaurant. Across the street at 220 Main is the Chittenden County Jail, J. Frederick Lynch, county sheriff.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                Burlington Streets: Main Street (Upper)
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                  • Description: Undated photo (maybe 1920s) of an automobile accident. Car has over turned near an intersection (possibly Willard Street). To the right is a directional road sign indicating Rutland, Middlebury and Vergennes. Another view of this incident is in the collection (mcalA05F1508) and another is published in Images of America Burlington, p. 67.
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                  Burlington Streets: Main Street (4X5's)
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                    • Date Created: 1940-03-18
                    • Description: Mar. 18, 1940. This view shows the Snow King Rotary Snow Plow in section mounted on the front of the Street Department's Walter's Snow Fighter Truck in front of the Post Office on Main Street. Note the discharge spout delivering snow over the high side boards of the five cubic yard truck. This loader is capable of loading a five cubic yard load in less than one-half minutes and has frequently loaded one hundred-five cubic yard truck loads of new fallen snow in approximately one and one-half hours working time including delays because of traffic and street intersections clean up.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs


                    Burlington Streets: Manhattan Drive
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                      • Description: Undated photo but may be 1938 view of road construction along Manhattan Drive. A tanker truck with sign reads "Hot Asphalt, Standard Oil Co of N Y." A crew member of the Burlington Street Dept stands at the back of the truck.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs