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Publication Information
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 14 x 8 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Wisconsin State Highway Commission road condition and construction photographs |
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| Call Number | PH 1517 |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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Road Construction with Horses
1918
Patrolman leveling the surface of State Highway 33 in the town of Excelsior in Sauk County using a team of horses and a wooden grader. Patrolmen were instructed to begin grading after a rain storm...
Road Planer
1926
Road crew pulling a wooden, apparently homemade, road grader. It is a variation on the "Wisconsin Road Planer," a design perfected by the Highway Commission from several types then in use. Plans ...
Cutting a Subgrade
1930
Cutting a Subgrade is the original caption of this photograph which shows a dump truck manufactured by the Four Wheel Drive Company of Clintonville pulling a road grader.
Kaukauna Section Patrol
1925
A Kewaunee County road crew poses in front of gravel crushing machinery.
Resurfacing Blue Mound Road
Resurfacing of Blue Mound Road (then State Highway 19), in Waukesha County. The dump truck is spreading an absorbent product. An old, faded state highway marker, the inverted triangle, can be seen ...
Improved Rural Road
1916
Panoramic view of the section of State Highway 115 in Richland County known as Muscoda-Richland Center Road. Grading and improvement of this hilly section known as Paul's Hill is almost complete a...
