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[Perry Ross and his North West gas shovel building more railroad]
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1936-09-01
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Image of a Perry Ross operating a gas shovel to prepare new railroad grade note. The train is pulling a sled that carries tanks of gas.
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Verso of photograph reads: "Perry Ross driving gas shovel to prepare new R/R grade note he hauled the entire tanks of gas on a sled behind the train"; Caption in Paldi Remembered reads: "Perry Ross and his North West gas shovel pulling fuel to a new location on skids. The shovel scoop had a capacity of one cubic yard and usually consumed one 45 - gallon drum of gas in an eight hour shift."
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