Workers remove the windrowed material before applying a prime coat during the oiling of a residential street in Fort Collins, Colorado in Larimer County. Large trucks are parked in the middle of the street.
Date
[between 1933 and 1945]
Notes
Diagram drawn on bottom of album paper attached to back of photoprint showing: "mat" "water" and "c.& g."; Hand-written at bottom of album paper: "Unless core is used in securing a good bond of the mat against the gutter, water will penetrate and cause settlement and disintigration of mat. WO4921 is the best project we have in using core in this matter."; Hand-written on album paper attached to photoprint: "Removing windrowed material before prime coat."; Photoprint attached to album page with four other prints: X-11014, X-11015, X-11016, and X-11017.; Photoprint has yellowed.; Title on album paper attached to photoprint.; WP4921.; "Is Part Of" term supplied by cataloger. R7100110131
Description
1 photoprint ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Is Part Of
WPA Photos
Subject
Fort Collins (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Road construction--Colorado--Fort Collins--1930-1950.
Source
Source: Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Colorado.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
