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Scrap Booking DPW

20 Friday Jan 2017

Posted by Ronald Parks in Baltimore, HISTORY, POLITICS

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Baltimore, city council, HISTORY, inauguration, mayor, POLITICS, Public Works, Snow

Scanned some scrap books from the Museum Archives. Most of the good stuff is usually on the reverse side of what the person glued, taped, stapled, into the book. On occasion, I do find some interesting and/or noteworthy articles. These two were from a DPW scrapbook that looks like the director put together. Mostly, the book documents snow storms and traffic.

In light of today’s events, I found this one interesting. While Baltimore was being covered by a snowstorm, the Mayor and his staff were in Washington DC for what is referred to as the “Kennedy Festivities”. The VP of the City Council tried to reach the acting mayor, who also left the city for DC. The Director and other higher ups in the political food chain were sleeping. So Willie D (William Donald Schaefer) took matters into his own hands. Schaefer later became the City Council President, followed by becoming Mayor and then Governor of Maryland.

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On the same page as this was an interesting article from the News Post. The title is a little confusing – if I take these pills, will I like my boss or ‘be’ like my boss?? In any event, Nation of Librium, enjoy your day and your new boss.

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Weather News

15 Thursday Dec 2016

Posted by Ronald Parks in Baltimore, engineering, Reservoir, water history

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Ashburton, Baltimore, engineering, FILTRATION, glass plate negatives, HISTORY, Public Works, Snow, water history, weather

First thing that popped up on my news feed said – Double Polar Vortex to Slam U.S. Did they talk like that in 1908? Or did they just say, “Folks we had us some snow last night, so bundle up!”

Building the High Service Reservoir, also known as Lake Ashburton.

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The little train that couldn’t.

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Steam engines used to pull cables on derricks, to lift construction materials.

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A boy and his dog. Look close, center on horizon. Does that look like a giant snow ball someone is about to roll down the hill?

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