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Burlington Streets: Hungerford Terrace
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- Date Created: 1940
- Description: Allis-Chalmers, Model IB Tractor with 16 HP Engine, Equipped with a Baker "V" Type Sidewalk Snow Plow. This view shows the Tractor Plow unit proceeding north on Hungerford Terrace after an 8 inch fall of snow combined with rain, which made the plowing very heavy and difficult for horse drawn equipment, but this unit did not experience any difficulties. Note: For a more detailed description see the original print.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Road Construction
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- Description: Undated photograph of a street grading project in preparation for paving an unidentified Burlington Street (possibly Blodgett Street).
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Intervale
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- Date Created: 1946-06-29 00:00:00
- Description: June 29, 1946. Burlington Street Department - Burlington, Vermont Intervale Road - Asphalt Stabilized base and Armor Coat Wearing Surface This view taken from the railroad crossing looking southerly toward Riverside Ave. shows the mixing process while constructing the stabilized base using asphalt emulsion (XRM) as a binder. The materials used for aggregate on this job was road gravel hauled from the Lunderville Pit in the town of Williston last October and spread approximately 28 feet in width over the entire section from Riverside Ave. to the railroad crossing, a distance of approximately 875 feet. Note the Allis-Chalmers Power Grader mixing the gravel after the asphalt emulsion had been applied by pressure distributor. The Armor Coat Wearing Surface was constructed directly after the stabilized base had been completed. This is a very economical type of paving, especially where a cheaper grade of materials can be used and the location does not demand a higher type of pavement. Note the high embankment in the right background where several thousand cubic yards of filling was loaded by the Street Department with its power shovel and hauled with trucks to widen both sides of Intervale Road on the section between the railroad crossing and Riverside Ave. as well as the grading around the new catch basins and the filling of the ramp on the river bank where the undertile drainage pipe leads to the river. All of this filling was donated free of charge by the owner of the property (Geo. C. Stanley and Sons) to the City as well as a considerable amount of concrete sand and gravel for the construction of concrete catch basins and headwalls in connection with the drainage system. This project, which was approved for construction by the Board of Street Commissioners in June 1945 was practically completed on July 3, 1946 for the first section. The original plans included the second section from the railroad crossing northerly to a point approximately 100 feet northerly by the so-called Pariseau residence. This section was prepared last fall as to the grading and gravel surface and as no underground drainage is necessary it can be completed with very little expense as the only materials necessary to purchase will be asphalt emulsion.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Street Department Buildings - Equipment
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- Date Created: 1944-03-22
- Description: Photograph dated Mar. 22, 1944. Original caption reads: "Burlington Street Department, Burlington, Vermont This view shows one of our sidewalk plowing and sanding units consisting of a rubber tired Allis-Chalmers IB Tractor with Baker V-Type 5 ft. width plow and a trailer sand spreader designed and built in the street Department repair shop. Note the extra metal weights placed on the rear wheel hubs to give added traction. The V-type plow has been found from experience to be more satisfactory than the reversible blade plows, especially after heavy drifting storms. The sand spreader holds approximately 1/2 cubic yard of sand. It has sloping false bottom lined with sheet metal which assists the flow of sand to the rotor which is placed just to the rear of the main axle. The surface of this rotor is covered with beads of steel which operates against a steel fibre brush to deliver a carpet of sand 30 inches in width over the surface of the icy sidewalks. The power for revolving the rotor is obtained from the small wheelbarrow rubber tired wheel which make a contact on the surface of one of the trailer wheels and is transmitted to the rotor by V-belt. The pressure of this third wheel against the surface of the trailer wheel can be increased or diminished or thrown out of contact entirely by changing the position of a small lever mounted on the side of the trailer which is easily accessible to the driver."
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Road Construction
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- Description: Undated photograph of a street grading project in preparation for paving Blodgett Street in Burlington's old North End.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Staniford Road
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- Date Created: 1942-09-30
- Description: September 30, 1942. Photo No. 13. This view shows the operation of the power grader in the final shaping of the stabilized material after mixing had been thoroughly completed. Note the compaction under the weight of the rubber tires. In order to eliminate possible scaling or cleavage of materials where compaction takes place under the tires, the entire surface is scarified lightly with a spike-tooth harrow before final rolling.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Staniford Road
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- Description: This view of Staniford Road shows the Bower Grader wind rowing the pavement mixture toward the gutter to the crown leaving the surface to a uniform crown and grade. Work by Burlington Street Dept. Undated but may be 1942.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Staniford Road
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- Date Created: 1942-10-01
- Description: October 1, 1942. Photo No. 7. This view of Staniford Road shows the method of distributing the dry cement evenly over the entire surface after the bags have been broken open and dumped in piles as shown in No. 4. The header placed at the end of the first day's work can be seen in the foreground. The tractor power used for hauling the spike-tooth harrows is an Allis-Chalmers IB Tractor normally used for the plowing of snow on the sidewalks during the winter months. The preparation of the base for the following day's work can be seen in progress in the background of the picture. Work done by the Burlington Street Dept.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Staniford Road
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- Date Created: 1942-10-01
- Description: October 1, 1942. Photo No. 16. This view of Staniford Road shows the surface rolling with the ten ton (10T) Power Roller with the Spike-Tooth Harrow breaking up any surface compaction that may have taken place by the passing over the surface with trucks and tractors before final blading was done with the power grader prior to rolling. Work done by the Burlington Street Dept.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.
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- Description: Undated photo of two men with snowplow on skids attached to a Holt tractor so the plow could be pulled. Location is So. Winooski Ave. at the intersection of Main Street. Directly behind is the the Strong building with Strong Hardware Co. at 205-207 Main and a sign also advertising Burlington Motor Sales occupying the first floor.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs