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Building the approach to the new Red Cliff arch bridge (Highway 24). Digging equipment at far right midfield in the photo.
[Red Cliff bridge construction photo 4]
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1921: Explosion during the blasting while constructing the road near Gilman, Colorado. Steam shovel in right mid-ground with explosion at the left.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Blasting to create a road to the approach to the new Red Cliff arch bridge. Railroad bridge over the Eagle River visible at right foreground.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 5]
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"Building our highway" - caption from Edwards School Scrapbook, page 16. The scrapbook was completed as a youth citizens' league project between 1954-1955.
This could be construction of Highway 6, the first major byway to cross Eagle County. A large excavator with one man in control awaits more digging, two other men with shovels are digging by hand. A horse team is visible at right, center, with a wagon behind them. The excavator is resting on...
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A photo postcard of Henry Owens, standing, and Lemley Gates at the top of the mesa when building the Derby Mesa Road, circa 1923. The men are clearing rock and debris after the road skid has passed.
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Building the Derby Mesa Road, circa 1923. Workers with skids and horse teams at right, waiting for the detonation to clear at left.
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Caption by O.W. Randall: "You can see a piece of the road they built in the foreground. This was when they had taken their tents down."
numbered on front; 284583; stamp on verso: 4400
The ranch was located between Cross Creek and Fall Creek on the south side of the Eagle River, southeast of Minturn. The CCC camp was called Camp Tigiwon.
Earl Beck was hired by the Forest Service as a foreman for the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp Tigiwon. His...
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A steam shovel is moving earth during the early stages of routing U.S. Highway 24 and the Red Cliff bridge so that they bypassed Red Cliff. The construction involved difficult engineering feats in a harsh climate.
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Looking down the Eagle River and U.S. Highway 24 as it enters Red Cliff on the south. Just to the left of Hwy 24 is the beginning of the approach road to what will be the Red Cliff Arch Bridge.
10) Creating a road
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Photo labeled 281260; verso stamp 4400
A man driving a tractor is cutting a road through trees. Stacked logs are at left.
In 1927, Dr. Randall led Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls up Notch Mountain to see the cross, a trip considered to be the first "pilgrimage." In 1928, another pilgrimage took place and in 1929, President Hoover established the Mount of the Holy Cross Monument.
"All these pilgrimages continued to demonstrate the need for a better...
11) Cutting trees
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Photo labeled 283456; verso stamp 4400
Three men choosing trees to fell for the road.
In 1927, Dr. Randall led Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls up Notch Mountain to see the cross, a trip considered to be the first "pilgrimage." In 1928, another pilgrimage took place and in 1929, President Hoover established the Mount of the Holy Cross Monument.
"All these pilgrimages continued to demonstrate the need for a better approach by road or trail. In 1931 Dr....
12) Dump Truck
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Construction and maintenance of roads in Eagle County, Colorado, using a dump truck. There is a man working and a child watching in the far right corner.
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Dump truck waiting for another bucket of dirt and rocks during repairs on Highway 6, just west of Brush Creek/Eagle.
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First use of Eagle County road maintenance equipment using horse-drawn and mechanized graders.
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Photo labeled 283450; verso stamp 4400
Fir bough shelters with tethering facilities for horses. Possibly used by road building crew or Mount of the Holy Cross pilgrims.
In 1927, Dr. Randall led Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls up Notch Mountain to see the cross, a trip considered to be the first "pilgrimage." In 1928, another pilgrimage took place and in 1929, President Hoover established the Mount of the Holy Cross Monument.
"All these pilgrimages...
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Fleming Lumber Company framing mill in Red Cliff, Colorado. Man in midground is working on framing timbers. Steps and fence in foreground. Equipment on top road in background was being used to prepare road for the construction of the Red Cliff bridge (Hwy 24).
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Taken from the Beck family's house, the Fleming Lumber framing yard is at midfield with Al Mann working on timbers. There is a shovel on the old road at the top of the photo, working on a road detour.
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George Nimon on Holt tractor during road construction on Brush Creek.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
19) Grading Roads
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First use of mechanized graders on gravel roads in Eagle County, Colorado.
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Construction of the Hanging Lake rest area in Glenwood Canyon, part of the I-70 construction project. This photo was taken on June 27, 1994.
The project completed Interstate 70's final, 12.5-mile gap in the transcontinental highway reaching from Baltimore, Maryland, to Interstate 15 south of Salt Lake City.
"Lawsuits, environmental impact studies, and design changes took nearly two decades to resolve before the first shovelful of earth was turned...
