06-05-2019, 12:50 AM
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Re: Our Trucks Doing What They Did - Vintage Photo Thread
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Originally Posted by farmall
Published Tuesday, July 17, 1962, pg. 1 This is the first bucket of cement poured on the Cape Girardeau section of Interstate Highway 55. The site is two miles north of Wedekind Park at a point just north of Old McKendree Chapel. The construction train shown here is a concrete pavement assembly line. Rolling on tracks, the assembly pours the concrete, levels it, removes any air pockets, finishes it and leaves behind a complete porject. The contractor is shooting for a mile of paving a day in ghe continuous process. (Missourian archives, G.D. Fronabarger photo)
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Your "Google-Fu" is very strong. I couldnt find any info on that.
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