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Description
People operating plows and conveyer belt loaders removed snow from Portland's downtown streets and sidewalks, while dump truck drivers unloaded the snow into the Fore River in this film, made around 1940.
Portland maintained a snow dump and sand storage lot on Back Cove. Much of the work was done by hand, and the public works department hired out-of-work men to clear streets, shovel sand, and sprinkle bags of rock salt into sand to melt the ice.
Skidding cars, one with a damaged fender, demonstrate the hazards of the untreated, icy streets.
About This Item
- Title: Film of public works snow removal, Portland, ca. 1940
- Creation Date: circa 1940
- Subject Date: circa 1940
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: filmstrip, 16mm
- Local Code: Coll. 4006
- Collection: City of Portland, Maine film collection
- Object Type: Moving Image
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- Automobiles--Maine--Portland
- Machinery--Maine--Portland
- Portland (Me.)
- Snow removal--Maine--Portland
- Snowplows--Maine--Portland
- Traffic accidents--Maine--Portland
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