Jeremy Fugleberg - THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER - Fri November 04, 2016
Ohio Highway 32: A Road of Unintended Consequences
CINCINNATI (AP) Ask Meeka Mohler about her historical photos of Jim Rhodes, and she'll wave you toward the back of Michael's Ice Cream. There, Rhodes' face stares out of old newspaper articles marking the one-time Ohio governor's visits back to his hometown of Jackson and the shop, where he got his first job working for Mohler's great-grandfather....
Eric D. Lawrence - DETROIT FREE PRESS - Wed November 02, 2016
Law Prevents Historic Road From Earning Honor
MONROE, Mich. (AP) The wooden remnants of a centuries-old military road known as Hull's Trace emerge when the water level is low near the spot where the Huron River empties into Lake Erie. A road has been in this spot underneath modern-day West Jefferson Avenue in what is now the southern tip of Wayne County for more than 200 years, connecting Ohio and Detroit....
Mon October 31, 2016
Looking Back at the Construction of Mount Rushmore
On Oct. 31, 1941 work ceased on the iconic Mount Rushmore monument, the massive South Dakota sculpture from which four of America's most beloved presidents gaze out over the landscape. Though the sculpture did not yet match the original designs by sculptor Gutzon Borglum, by the time it was completed it had been in the works for years, as these photos show....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 19, 2016
'Tracking' the History of Crawler Loaders, Dozer
Tracked (or crawler) loaders are machines with a tracked chassis and a loader that can be used for digging and moving/loading materials. They are a versatile component of any fleet, able to perform many tasks....
Edgar A. Browning - Tue October 18, 2016
Looking Back: Building the Cannonsville Dam, Reservoir
The Lane Construction Company of Meriden, Conn., built the Cannonsville Dam and Reservoir under an $11.7 million contract with the New York City Board of Water Supply. The project was completed in 1964....
Mon October 17, 2016
Toyota Plant Still Creating Good Jobs in West Virginia
BUFFALO, W.Va. (AP) Two decades have passed since ground was broken on Toyota West Virginia Motor Manufacturing's engine and transmission plant in Putnam County. On Sept. 18, 1996, Japanese and American officials planted 10 Japanese maple trees at a ceremony in Buffalo....
Giles Lambertson - Fri September 23, 2016
The History of Articulated Dump Trucks
Artic dump trucks have a history that traces back to, of all things, a tandem ag tractor conceived in the 1950s in England by an Essex farmer. Early HistoryErnest Doe bought two Fordson tractors, removed the front axles from each tractor and connected the front end of one to the rear of the other using a hydraulic turntable....
CEG - Tue September 20, 2016
Looking Back at an Air Force Base Runway Expansion in the 1950s
George M. Brewster & Son Inc. of Bogota, N.J., held a $16.7 million contract to build an 11,000 ft. (3,353 m) long runway at the Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y. The project contained 8 million cu....
Jackie Valley - LAS VEGAS SUN - Fri September 16, 2016
A Look Back in Time at Old Vegas Neighborhoods
LAS VEGAS (AP) There's a place in Las Vegas where postal workers still deliver mail door to door, where towering trees cast shadows across large yards hugging houses in spring shades of pink, blue and green — a tapestry that, despite its oddities, feels harmonious....
Chris Carola - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue September 06, 2016
Dig Extended at Site of 1750s British, American Encampments
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) An archaeological dig that was supposed to wrap up this week at an 18th century military site has yielded such intriguing artifacts the project has been extended, the archaeologist leading the excavations said....
