26-2299 Roadbuilding Construction Equipment at Work - Edgar A. Browning

Title: Roadbuilding Construction Equipment at Work: In The State of Ohio
Number of pages: 126
Publisher: Ertel Publishing, Inc.
Author: Edgar A. Browning

The book is an illustrated history of road construction in the state of Ohio. Thirty-seven pages are devoted to the construction of the Ohio Turnpike, begun in 1954. Ohio firms such as V. N. Holderman and Peirce, as well as major construction companies from other states such as Harrison Construction, J. A. Jones and Western Contracting, were involved.

The remainder of the book covers the construction of the first interstate highways, as well as main and secondary roads in the state of Ohio. The abundantly captioned images range mainly from the late 1930s to the 1960s.