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Snow Conveyor

February 21, 1927

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Snow Conveyor
  • Title
  • Snow Conveyor
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • February 21, 1927
  • Identifier
  • 715.273139.CP
  • Description
  • Onlookers gather as men clear snow near the Allegheny County Courthouse using the Barber-Green snow loader. This machine could load snow into a truck in 40-60 seconds. The first successful use of the snow loader was in Chicago in 1920. The snow loader road on tractor treads and came equipped with a scoop and a conveyor belt. After snow was plowed, it would ride up the belt to be dropped into a waiting dump truck parked below.
  • Extent
  • 6.5 x 8.5 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Snow removal
    Men
    Snow
    Trucks
    Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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