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Item Description

Title: Burlington Dump

Photographer

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

Source Document

Description

May 23, 1942. This view shows the embankment between the Central Vermont Railroad and North Bend Street through which the road will be constructed leading from the intersection of North Bend St. and St. Louis St. to Cat's Island a distance of approximately 1500 lineal feet. The road here will be constructed on a 7-3/4 percent grade. The difference in elevation between the level of the curbs on North Bend St. at the intersection of St. Louis St and the iron pipe on Cat's Island at the proposed City Dump is approximately 83 feet and the difference in elevation between this iron pipe and the level of the Intervale at the bottom of the dump is approximately 41 ft. Note :-The building in the center of the picture at the top of the bank is known as the Pomeroy Cottage.

Genre(s): photographs, black-and-white photographs

Subject/topic

• Waste disposal sites

Subject/geographic

• Burlington (Vt.)

Note [Digital Version]

2007-10-19, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: still image

Parent Collections

• Louis L. McAllister Photographs

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