Highway construction near Dutch Point with H.E.L.C.O. and Colt factory, Hartford

A partially completed elevated highway with metal guardrails appears to be supported on concrete piers. Automobiles are parked beneath the highway and in a large parking lot at the right. The smokestacks of the Hartford Electric Light Company power plant at Dutch Point are at the left. A wooden coal conveyor extends across the highway. The Colt factory with its onion dome is visible in the background at right, at center in the distance is the South Meadows power plant. Inscribed on back: "Nov. 1945" ; Environment ; Infrastructure ; Title supplied by cataloger.The highway section near Dutch Poi... Mehr ...

Dokumenttyp: StillImage
Erscheinungsdatum: 1945
Schlagwörter: Roads--Express highways--Electric power-plants-- / Roads--Express highways--Electric power-plants --- Hartford (Conn.)--Connecticut River
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A partially completed elevated highway with metal guardrails appears to be supported on concrete piers. Automobiles are parked beneath the highway and in a large parking lot at the right. The smokestacks of the Hartford Electric Light Company power plant at Dutch Point are at the left. A wooden coal conveyor extends across the highway. The Colt factory with its onion dome is visible in the background at right, at center in the distance is the South Meadows power plant. Inscribed on back: "Nov. 1945" ; Environment ; Infrastructure ; Title supplied by cataloger.The highway section near Dutch Point was often referred to as the Dike Highway, as it ran past and on the flood control dike along the Connecticut River. It later became I-91.A coal conveyor was used to move coal from one location to another. A loaded railroad hopper car would stop and dump their load of coal into a bin beneath the tracks, from where the coal would be carried up across the highway to the generating plant.