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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
Burlington Streets: Maple Street
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- Description: Undated photograph taken at the intersection of Pine and Maple Street showing the apartment building on the northwest corner of the intersection.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Morse Place
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- Date Created: 1934-03-01
- Description: Photograph dated Mar. 1, 1934. Original caption reads: P.W.A. SEWER PROJECT NO. 2353. A section of Morse Place Sewer near Pine Street. This section is all heavy clay soil with some boulders and was done under sub-zero weather conditions resulting in a much decreased efficiency.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Mill St.
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- Date Created: 1941-11-01
- Description: Photograph dated Nov. 1, 1941. Looking westerly, the bridge crossing the Winooski River can be seen. Original caption reads: Mill Street, Burlington, Vermont showing completed job. American Bitumuls Stabilizer being used for 4 1/2" stabilized base on which a 2" penetration armour coat has been constructed. The sidewalk at the right was constructed with soft coal cinders and stabilized with Bitumuls Stabalizer.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: North Street
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- Date Created: 1930-08-18
- Description: August 18, 1930. View looking west on construction completed at North Street and Elmwood Ave intersection. This is a five-point intersection that included Intervale Avenue. Street has been resurfaced covering the old trolley (cable) streetcar tracks. City dept. vehicle steam roller seen to the right. Louis N. Turner, druggist store to the left at the corner advertising candy and cigars. Also on the left is Bloomberg's Shoes at No. 191. To the right on the opposite corner is 202 North St location of Burlington Cut Price Shoe Shop and further down is a sign for Mazel's Dept Store at 194 North St.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: North Ave
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- Date Created: 1940-09-18
- Description: Photograph dated Sept. 18, 1940. Original caption reads: North Avenue Reinforced Concrete Paving Project. This view was taken from the intersection of Plattsburg Avenue looking southerly before any construction work was done.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: North Ave
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- Date Created: 1940-10-16
- Description: Photograph dated Oct. 16, 1940. Original caption reads: North Avenue Concrete Paving Project. This view shows the progress since October 2, 1940 on the north half of the pavement where the work has been continued from Stanford Road northerly to a point near the Plattsburg Avenue intersection. The construction of the westerly slab is just being started at Stanford Road, as shown in the distance.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: North Bend Street
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- Date Created: 1938-10-19
- Description: October 19, 1938. City street dept crew work on resurfacing the road.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
Burlington Streets: Pine St.
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- Date Created: 1944-10-11
- Description: October 11, 1944. Pine Street Project, D.A. - W.I. No. 4, Burlington, Vermont. (Defense Area - War Industry No. 4) This project financed by the Federal Government as an Access Highway to a Defense Plant was handled and supervised through the Vermont State Highway Department. The construction work was done under contract by D. W. Overocker, Genera; Contractor of Burlington, Vermont. The Pine Street Section of the Project consisted primarily of: - (a) Furnished and placed gravel base approximately 12 inches in depth over the entire length of this section from Howard Street to Flynn Ave. (b) Excavating sections near the intersection of Howard Street including the railroad crossing, the intersection of Lakeside Ave. and the intersection at Flynn Ave. where-ever the old pavement would not permit a minimum depth of 12 inches. (c) Furnishing and installing drainage pipes and constructing catch basins and cross culverts for surface drainage. (d) Constructing 3 inch mixed-in-place asphalt pavement 24 feet in width with 5 foot gravel shoulder on either side. (e) Reconstructing railroad crossing to Tuletex Plant (at expense of E. B. and A. C. Whiting Co.). This view was taken from the intersection of Flynn Ave. looking northerly showing the gravel placed and spread for the 3 inch mixed-in-place wearing surface. Note the tack coat extending on both sides of the gravel as a working surface on top of the 12 inch gravel base.
- Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs