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The Final Milling

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Eric

Welcome to the special two day coverage commemorating the milling of Harrison Street. Announced in the early spring activity finally began to take place on October 2oth. Well, that was the plan. In attempt to appease motorists, work was scheduled to occur from … Continue reading →

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Dump Truck Dump Off

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Eric

Time to unload a large collection of dump truck photos gathered over the past month or so. Some of the trucks below are new to DDD while some are repeats. Can you figure out the new from the old?  

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Save The Rain

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Eric

Work continues on a project in downtown Syracuse to separate storm sewers from sanitary sewers in order to prevent sewage from entering the long suffering Onondaga Lake. You’ve seen some photos from this job in the past but I figured … Continue reading →

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Caterpillar 769 Dump Truck

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Eric

The Caterpillar 769 started production in 1963 and was Cat’s first off road dump truck. It had a payload of about 35 tons and was powered by a 400HP engine. A variant of the 769 is still in production today. … Continue reading →

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