SUPER Orig Photo Street crew & Machine 1915 Chicago rp

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SUPER Original Occupational Photo Street Construction Crew Paving Road Chicago, IL ca. 1915-1920 RARE - original American ORIGINAL Photograph! Vintage, Old, antique, Original - NOT a Reproduction - Guaranteed !! . Scarce ! Shows men working on the street , pouring cement paving the road! Great action photography, capturing a moment in the olden days. No ID, butI believe this is Chicago, Illinois (came with others from Chicago). Can read sign in background, right side - Grocery store - gives name of Scanland. Some men look to be black ( African American ). Super neat looking machine they are using . Gas engine? Nice architecture buildings on street. This photo, along with many others I purchased, came directly from the files of the Foote Company in Nunda , NY ( New York State ), which was in existence at the end of the 19th century, and well into the 20th century. They were a construction equipment Co. (also known as Blaw knox Co. ) that produced many style of machines for the purpose of paving. The machine in this photo was made by the Foote Company in Nunda N.Y. (Livingston County ). Multifoote Pavers were some of the first machines used to pave roads , before and after the depression . The Foote co. produced many types of paver machinery - Duomix , many designed with booms and buckets , cone drum , high lift booms , crawlers ( as opposed to wheels ), black top pavers and cement pavers . The photographer was probably Theodore Reed Kendall , who was editor of Contractors and Engineers Monthly : an illustrated magazine for contractor , federal , state and county Officials engaged in construction (C.A.E. Co.). I have a signed letter of his to the Foote Co. , explaining some of the photographs he took for this journal.Photo is in very good condition, and measures 7 1/2 x 10 inches. Is is backed with cloth , and very durable. Would look great framed! NOTE: the photo look better than shown below - nice, clear, and crisp. If you collect road construction history, occupation, engineering, equipment, machine / machinery, transportation, auto / truck, or other types of photos , this is a rare find indeed. Perhaps some genealogy information as well. Winning bidder pays 2.65 s/h, insurance is extra, international s/h is more. No reserve Good luck bidding. Combine shipping on multiple bid wins! insurance is extra, international s/h is more. No reserve Good luck bidding. Click the button to see my other items->-> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pavement (material) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Paved ) Jump to: navigation , search This article is about the American English usage of pavement as the durable surfacing of roads and walkways. In British English , pavement is usually taken to mean a footpath next to a road, the same as sidewalk in American English. See Pavement (disambiguation) . Pavement in American English refers to the durable surface for an area intended to sustain traffic, which can be either vehicular traffic or foot traffic. The most common modern paving methods are asphalt and concrete . In the past, brick was extensively used, as was metalling. Today, permeable paving methods are beginning to be used more for low-impact roadways and walkways. See Pavement marker for information on that topic. Contents [hide ] 1 Metalling 2 Asphalt paving 3 Concrete paving 4 Bituminous Surface Treatment (BST) 5 Other paving methods 6 Pavement deterioration 7 External links [ edit ] Metalling Metal or metalling has had two distinct usages in road paving. Metalling originally referred to the process of creating a carefully engineered gravel roadway. The route of the roadway first would be dug down several feet. Depending on local conditions, French drains may or may not have been added. Next, large stone was placed and compacted, followed by successive layers of smaller stone, until the road surface was a small stone compacted into a hard, durable surface. Road metal later became the name o... read more

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