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History Center - Road Construction
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| Introduction |
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This page is devoted to historical photographs of Road Construction in Oregon. This is only a sampling of the many photos stored in the History Center.
Historical records, correspondence and photographs dating back to the late 1800's are stored at the ODOT History Center in Room 5 of the Transportation Building in Salem, Oregon.
The documents in the History Center are public records and open to inspection, as well as being available to copy. The History Center has space available for old records, including photographs, which are not being used in daily work. If you have any questions about the center, contact Pat Solomon, Archivist at (503) 986-3284 or FAX (503) 986-4025.
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| 1910 - 1935 |
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Macadam road under construction at Hood River about 1910
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| Fresno scrapers in action on an Oregon highway project in the period around 1915 when efforts were being made to get Oregon "out of the mud". |
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| A paving crew patches potholes on the Oregon Trail Highway, US 30 in 1926, one mile west of La Grande. |
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Loading maint. material, Old Oregon Trail Hwy., 1926
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4-horse teams at work, 1928
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3-horse team opening up cut, 1928
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Lane Co., Willamette Hwy., 4-horse team, 1928
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Old 99 Oakland-Shady Hwy, Roseburg S.E.R.A., March 6, 1935
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| 1936 - 1960 |
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| Ochoco Dam-Marks Creek Section, Ochoco Highway, 1939. Rolling second course 4½" - 2" base rock. |
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Wolf Cr. Hwy., Necanicum-Nehalem R. Sec., 1940
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Four highway dump trucks. Female drivers during war - man shortage, 1941 & 1942 Chevrolets
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Female worker operating a 1937 roller during war shortage, 1940s.
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Paving crew during WWII, Marshfield, Oregon, September, 1942.
Left to Right: Barbara Booth, Florence Iverson, Oleta Wagner, Barbara Foster, Leo Kerber, Vernieta Dougherty, Edith McLyman, Lucille Hennessey.
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Female construction worker spreading oil by hand, 1940s
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Female flagger during the war years 1940s
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Female flagger during the war years 1940s
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Female flagger during the war years 1940s
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