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Sep 16

[ARCHIVED] PHOTOS OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY FROM THE 1920s

The original item was published from September 16, 2021 2:33 PM to September 16, 2021 2:34 PM


PHOTOS OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY FROM THE 1920sRoad Building Machinery 1920

From the State Library of Kansas' KGI Online Library:

CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE: Road Construction photos from the 1920s

A section of the magazine, Kansas Highways, Volume 3, no. 1 (Feb. 1920), on new federal aid to highways featuring some great photos of cutting edge road-building machinery of the time. Articles also include information on road construction aid from the federal government in 1920 as well as a sad list of names of recent train/automobile accident victims in Kansas. 

Tag(s): Roads, Road Construction Machinery, Federal Aid to Transportation