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Item Description

Title: Burlington Streets: Church Street

Photographer

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

Source Document

Description

Rail Removal Project, Burlington, Vt. Date on photo June 25, 1943. This view shows the process of removing the trolley car tracks on Church Street where they were embedded in reinforced concrete. An auxiliary air tank was used to supply additional compressed air for operating the paving breakers in loosening the cement around the rails. This picture was taken on the last day of this project. Construction workers seen. To the left is Burlington City Hall; just beyond is the Fire Station. On the right are retail stores that include Ellsworth jewelry, Star Restaurant American and Chinese (144 Church St.)

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

Subject/topic

• Street-railroad tracks
• Street photography
• Stores, Retail
• Construction workers
• Construction projects

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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