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WOW that is something, would love to know where this is. Brian
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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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Not one of our trucks but too cool to ignore. That's a New York Central overpass in Detroit with what appears to be a Pacific 4-6-2 steaming across.
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Notice the name on the door is "FJ Boutell Driveaway Company". They hauled Buicks out of Flint.
I had two uncles that drove for Boutell. Uncle Joe Toby (who may be the man pictured) is the one that loaned Mr Boutell the money to start the business. Ever hear the "urban legend" about a car hauler going under a bridge and wiping the top off the car? That was Uncle Joe; he was hauling a Buick showcar up on top. They had paved the road and (inadvertently) reduced the clearance. He hit the overpass and smeared the roof. They refurbished it and used it during the show season a convertible model. Uncle Joe kept his job, probably as a result of his previous arrangement with Mr Boutell. K
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Last day worked was Feb 7; retired effective 3/1/2019. Total time with GM was 39 years 7 months. K
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Congrats on a full career and happy retirement to you.
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Completely different freeways. The first one with the 7 south and 101 is what would be the 405 and the 101 interchange facing south, need to double check with my old man, he grew up in that area while the freeways were going in. Hes got some great stories. The second was is in downtown LA, you can see city hall.
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That is a wild story, wow! Brian
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closest i could find.
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What's so amazing to me is the lack of center dividers on many of the early roads. Imagine travelling along at 75-80 and 24 feet away was a car doing the same thing in the opposite direction.
As far as the compare photos, it looks like they've completely redesigned the interchange? The first "today" photo showed the sign and the beginning of an offramp. This photo is taken from the ramp. You can see an overpass like in the B&W picture but 405 curves as it passes under the ramp. https://cdn2.lamag.com/wp-content/up...rn-Fwy-map.jpg Kind of crazy to think about how much effort was spent building and rebuilding in such a short time. That type of activity makes ants proud! ;-) Last edited by 1project2many; 06-06-2019 at 05:37 AM. |
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GM plants often had cool fire brigade vehicles, like the one posted here.
Flint Assembly had a nice 69 GMC stepside, hidden in the back of the plant. The Hydramatic transmission plant in Ypsilanti had a beautiful red Farmall A updated with fire equipment. One of the engineers in the truck group purchased it at auction when it was disposed of. K
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Seriously - the DQ owner's name is "Affholter?" I'll bet that was intentionally mispronounced a lot.
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You know it! At least you would have to mispronounce it, I have seen many people with names you don't even have to mispronounce to be hilarious! How about "The Ho" no kidding, I am not making this up, we had a customer and THAT was their name, that spelling, everything! We had one guy who's name and I forget how it was spelled but it was pronounced S H I T. This is the thing, I have thought about this. If I move to some country that my name means a prostitute I am going to change it to "The Ho," You know what I mean? Brian
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Id be happy with even one named M. Fokker! Ours up and closed along with subway and chase bank!!! DQs are 40 and 70 miles one way depending if you go north or south on Coastal 101.
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