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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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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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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.
7) 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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George Nimon on Holt tractor during road construction on Brush Creek.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
11) 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...
13) Hwy 6, Eagle
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view of road repair/construction on Hwy 6 just west of Eagle, Colorado. Men are examining the work area; automobiles are parked alongside the road. Steam shovel, dump truck and grader are moving earth.
14) Red Cliff Bridge
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Roadbed construction on the Red Cliff Bridge, silver in color. Lover's Leap is on the right.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 12]
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First use of road maintenance equipment in Eagle County, Colorado, using a steam shovel and a front loader to clear dirt and rocks. There is a man standing in the controls cabin with only his head visible. "Eagle County" has been painted on the side of the machine.
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Graders and tractors creating roads on the steep sides of Battle Mountain, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Heavy equipment on a slope of Battle Mountain during road construction (1939-1940). Man and dog are walking in right foreground; graders and tractors moving dirt.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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George Nimon on caterpillar tractor during road construction in Eagle County, Colorado.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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George Nimon driving road construction equipment in Eagle County.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Road construction in Eagle County. Side view of the tractor and grader used in the process.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
