| MOVE YOUR ROAD SIR New method of road reconstruction using compressed air to shift concrete pavements. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7239 |
| Catalog #: | 258617 | |
| Clip Number: | 258617-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 336 | |
| Timecode: | 01:24:49 - 01:25:56 | |
| Location: | New Jersey, United States of America | |
| Year Shot: | 1936 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Innovations CONSTRUCTION: Roads & Highways ENGINEERING: Roads & Highways LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New Jersey | |
| Description: | MOVE YOUR ROAD SIR New method of road reconstruction using compressed air to shift concrete pavements. New Jersey, United States of America (USA). Various M/Ss of workmen fitting a rubber hose into a narrow channel drilled into road. C/U of the hose being filled with compressed air, widening the channel (or seam). M/S of chicken pecking at roadside (narrator makes lame joke about chicken having bit of problem crossing this road). M/S of metal braces stretching across road - they hold up wooden blocks which are to be inserted into the widened gap. C/U of wooden block. M/S of finished road - a dual carriage way with a grassy safety island up the middle where the concrete of the road was pushed apart. | |
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