Snow Conveyor

Onlookers gather as men clear snow near the Allegheny County Courthouse using the Barber-Green snow loader. This machine could load snow into a truck in 40-60 seconds. The first successful use of the snow loader was in Chicago in 1920. The snow loader road on tractor treads and came equipped with a scoop and a conveyor belt. After snow was plowed, it would ride up the belt to be dropped into a waiting dump truck parked below.

February 21st, 1927

Location

Downtown

Address

Forbes Avenue

Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection

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Source

Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh Original URL

Subjects

Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Snow removal--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Snow--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Trucks--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Allegheny County Courthouse (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Identifier

715.273139.CP

Rights

Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose

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