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Buried trolley tracks salvaged to aid war program. Recovering buried trolley track to provide scrap for the war effort is an operation handily performed by such devices as the one shown here. Pulled by a tractor, the apparatus disengages the track from the pavement and slides it back on the iron sawhorses. This photo shows the breaking up of the pavement as the old track is unearthed
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Buried trolley tracks salvaged to aid war program. Recovering buried trolley track to provide scrap for the war effort is an operation handily performed by such devices as the one shown here. Pulled by a tractor, the apparatus disengages the track from the pavement and slides it back on the iron sawhorses. This photo shows the breaking up of the pavement as the old track is unearthed
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north carolina
buncombe county
asheville
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asheville nc
trolley
aid
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aid war program
track
trolley track
scrap
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war effort
operation
devices
tractor
apparatus
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apparatus disengages
pavement
slides
iron
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1940 s
40 s
library of congress
wwii
railway photo archive
Date
01/01/1942
Contributors
United States. Office of War Information.
Location
Asheville (N.C.)
,
35.60083, -82.55389
Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain