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Laying down a tar road with a roller pulling paver in Glens Falls

Laying down a tar road with a roller pulling paver in Glens Falls

Employees of the D.E. Van Writ Construction Company laying down a tar road as part of railroad work for the Hudson Valley Railway Company. Circa 1910. Glens Falls, NY. Courtesy of the Chapman Museum.

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