Motor-truck handling and barge transportation of spoil is being employed on two large construction jobs in Chicago; material is hoisted to trestle, loaded into small three-wheel motor dump trucks and dumped into large hopper barges which are towed out to Lake Michigan and discharged in deep water.


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    Title :

    Barges remove spoil at Chicago building sites


    Additional title:

    Eng. News-Rec


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1928


    Remarks:

    1 Fig.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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