Street maintenance crew at the corner of Morgan Street and Cherry Alley in Waynesburg

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Street maintenance crew at the corner of Morgan Street and Cherry Alley in Waynesburg

Entry/Object ID

2014.4.7

Description

Street maintenance crew at the corner of Morgan Street and Cherry Alley in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. A copy of this photograph was included in the "Faces from the Past" series of the Waynesburg Republican newspaper. The article states that, "The horse-drawn roller had seats mounted so it could go both ways, with the team being transferred from one end to the other to avoid the necessity of pulling it around in a circle at the end of a run."

Collection

Waynesburg Borough Office Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1915

Lexicon

Search Terms

Horses, Occupations--Road workers, Road rollers, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Streets--Cherry Alley, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Streets--Morgan Street

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

WBGB-AN001-0009

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Waynesburg - Places - Waynesburg Borough Office Collection

Notes

Archived at the Waynesburg Borough Office (90 East High Street; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project 2014. Source Citation: Street maintenance crew at the corner of Morgan Street and Cherry Alley in Waynesburg, item no. WBGB-AN001-0009, Waynesburg Borough Office Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).