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Construction of T Station

Description: Red line T construction. Harvard Square stop, tunnel, tracks. Western Avenue, Cambridge. Interview with a man from the Department of Public Works (DPW) about the roads and bridges in Massachusetts - spending approximately $500 million per year - $100 million in paving, $150 million in bridges, $250 million in safety and new roads. He states that there are about 14,000 miles of road in Massachusetts and about 1/3 of those roads need serious work. He approximates that out of the 5,000 bridges in Massachusetts, 2,200 are in substandard shape, 900 in critical condition. DPW infrastructure includes roads, bridges, transit, airports, sewer and water. He explains the need for the federal government's assistance. He states that these projects will create jobs - approximately 90 jobs per million dollars spent.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/08/1982

Construction site

Description: Construction site generics. Pile driver makes repeated loud pounding noise. Backhoe with giant swiveling armature scoops dirt and releases it into dump truck. Equipment from J.F. White contracting company. Striped safety barrier with amber flashing light. Hard hat workers on scaffolding. Project is Blodgett pool building at athletic center across from Harvard Business School. Port-O-San outhouse. 'Hazardous Area' and 'Restricted Access: Hard Hats Required' signs.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/21/1977

Construction workers at State House

Description: Construction workers drive their heavy equipment to State House to rally for gasoline tax hike to boost their industry. Cement mixer. Truck horns blaring. sound effects.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/02/1990

Copley Square construction

Description: Copley Square construction enviromentals
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/31/1981

DEVELOPMENT

Description: ENVIRONS OF HARVARD AND CENTRAL SQUARE CONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/07/1985

DEWEY SQUARE

Description: HIGH-RISE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN DEWEY SQUARE, TRIPLE DECKER HOUSES
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/15/1983

Dam construction in Lawrence

Description: Dam in Lawrence under construction. Water cascading over levee. Concrete being poured. Many hard hat workers. Cement truck. Crane transports concrete bucket and shute. Immense excavation site. Sparkling lake ringed by greenery. Close-up on churning white water.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/28/1980

Davis Square Red Line construction

Description: Interview with Tom Pelham, Somerville planning director, about impact of Red Line T extension construction in Davis Square. Urban Mass Transportation Project sign. Crane and heavy equipment around the site. Looking down into excavated pit. Bulldozer moves black chunks of asphalt-like material. Welder works on end of rectangular pipe. Open cars on railroad tracks are filled with excavated dirt.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/10/1980

Developers and day care

Description: Saundra Graham proposes developers include day care facilities in their buildings or contribute to child care fund. Harold Brown has provided such space. Little boy eating cookie. Children play outside.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/06/1988

Digital Crosstown plant

Description: Digital Equipment Corp. Crosstown Industrial Park. Construction site of the Roxbury facility. Project sign lists John B. Cruz as contractor, Stull Associates as architect, showing minority developer involvement. Black construction workers. Building in progress. Huge mounds of excavated dirt, concrete blocks stacked up.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/12/1979