Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.

Parent Collections

Louis L. McAllister Photographs

Title

Burlington Streets: Winooski Ave.

Photographer

McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963.

Description

Undated but apparently taken in 1924 as the below description indicates the street sweeper was purchased in 1923. Location is South Winooski Ave site of the old Burlington Street Department location. The "Elgin" Street Sweeper: Purchased by the Street Department April 1923. Cost $6,500 This picture was taken after one year's service in which over 17,000,000 sq. yards of pavement were cleaned and 4688 cubic yards of dirt was picked up at an average cost of $0.22 per 1000 sq. yards cleaned and $0.84 cubic yard. picked up. This picture taken as it started out on it's second season after being completely overhauled and painted by the operator and his helper.

Subject

Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets.

Burlington (Vt.).

Extent

1 image

Note [Digital Version]

2007-12-21, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Genre

photographs

black-and-white photographs

Type of Resource

still image

Source Document Location

University of Vermont Libraries. Special Collections.

Shelf Location

Louis L. McAllister Photographs, Box A07, Folder 09, Item 21

Publisher

University of Vermont, Silver Special Collections Library

Date Captured

2007-12-21

Access Conditions

In Copyright

Access Conditions [Local]

For further information please contact Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries at uvmsc@uvm.edu.

Identifier [Local]

mcalA07F09i21

Digital Format

image/tiff

Digital Format

Photographs/Color: 24 bits; 600 ppi