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Roadbuilding Construction Equipment at Work : Building the Early Interstate Highways Through New England's Green Mountain by Edgar Browning (2011, Trade Paperback)
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This photo essay details the construction of the original Interstate Highway System in Vermont’s picturesque and largely rural mountainous region through the late 1950s to late ‘70s. During this short time, contractor driven construction equipment innovation was remarkable: 2 1/2 cubic yard shovels were replaced with 4-8 yard shovels and then by massive wheel loaders up to 17 cubic yards; 15-22 ton rock trucks were upped to 50 tons; rudimentary spreading methods with dump trucks using tailgate chains were replaced with CMI Autogrades; and many contractors devised and built ingenious contraptions to increase production. The work attracted many large established road building firms from other States—Lane, Perini, Palazzi, L. G. Defelice, Green Construction from Des Moines, Iowa, as well as.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBridgewater Book Group LLC.
ISBN-101583882774
ISBN-139781583882771
eBay Product ID (ePID)109137015
Product Key Features
Book TitleRoadbuilding Construction Equipment at Work : Building the Early Interstate Highways Through New England's Green Mountain
Number of Pages126 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicCivil / Highway & Traffic, General, Civil / General
Publication Year2011
IllustratorYes
GenreTransportation, Technology & Engineering
AuthorEdgar Browning
Book SeriesAt Work Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight17.1 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width8.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2011-923755
SynopsisThis photo essay details the construction of the original Interstate Highway System in Vermont's picturesque and largely rural mountainous region through the late 1950s to late '70s. During this short time, contractor driven construction equipment innovation was remarkable: 2 1/2 cubic yard shovels were replaced with 4-8 yard shovels and then by massive wheel loaders up to 17 cubic yards; 15-22 ton rock trucks were upped to 50 tons; rudimentary spreading methods with dump trucks using tailgate chains were replaced with CMI Autogrades; and many contractors devised and built ingenious contraptions to increase production. The work attracted many large established road building firms from other States--Lane, Perini, Palazzi, L. G. Defelice, Green Construction from Des Moines, Iowa, as well as Cartier Construction, a division of McNamara from Montreal--seen here clearing and grubbing, pioneering, rock drilling, mucking peat bogs, and excavation sequences including trucks and shovels, loaders, pan scrapers, and a wheel excavator. The manufacturers of construction equipment constitute a virtual directory of the period; Caterpillar, Euclid, Allis-Chalmers, International, Dart, P&H, Bucyrus-Erie, Northwest, Lorain, Lima, Gradall, Barber-Greene, Blaw Knox, CMI, and more.
LC Classification NumberTE24.V5B76 2011
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