![]() ![]() *1946 – a power sweeper was developed that could remove the sleet and ice from the pavement. *1926, a snow plow used on the front of trucks was introduced. The conveyer belt carried the snow away from the street, up a chute that would dump it from there into a truck parked beneath it. As the snow was plowed, it was forced into the scoop and then, caught on the conveyer belt. It came with a giant scoop and a conveyer belt. It began in Chicago and later purchased by other cities. *1920 – an intriguing development was the Barber-Green snow loader. The steam shovel and railway flatcars removed the snow to drop into rivers, lakes and ocean. ![]() In addition to these trucks, Caterpillar tractors with plow blades also became a part of the snow removal team. *1913 – the motorized dump truck and plow, after introduction, became a successful invention. This has changed remarkably little through the years.ġ900s era was the beginning of motorized technology. Later, the Leslie Brothers developed a plow wheel diameter to 11 feet, with a scoop wheel to replace the square-fan collector and added cut wideners to the housing. *1888, the Canadian Pacific Railroad, developed and introduced the eight rotary plow units, that worked well on dry snow but not in wet packed snow. Later modifications were to add an ice-cutting flange to keep the debris off the tracks. The design, modified to include a cutting wheel in front of the housing, was used. An innovative rotary engine that blew the snow out of the top of a housing case was invented by J.W. *1870 – 1886, the development of equipment to remove snow off railroad tracks. They built them as an alternative to plowing out the snow. This is the period when subways became popular. These men shoveled the surface snow into the cart and dumped it into the rivers or the ocean. Some of the larger cities, such as New York, came up with a plan to hire people to use horse drawn carts behind the snowplows. Sleighs and sleds had difficulty traveling over the street. The ice plowed, piled up in front of the shops and people could not get into the establishments. As with all inventions, there were a few problems. It consisted of a plow attached to the back of a cart, which was pulled by a team of horses. *1862 – the first successful invention of the snow plow was used in Milwaukee. Many shop owners would hire snow-shovelers. The city’s citizens had to keep the area of their shops and the street in front of their shops cleared. It was imperative that people were able to go to work. Here is a brief history of snow-removal.ġ800s – the populations were growing in all the cities. Until the 1800s, most people traveled by foot or on sleighs (which were rails tacked on the bottom of cart to make it through the snow). Couriers, when it was snow packed had no choice but to carry their messages wearing snowshoes. In fact, I have been so impressed with these threads that I have now ordered several more sets in other colorways.“Ahhh, the weather outside is frosty,” the old Christmas Carol says, “let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!” For our early settlers in the cold and snowy weather of New England, there was not much they could do except wait it out. The fact that you can use them for virtually any sewing project, be it embroidery, or general sewing, makes them highly valuable to my thread collection. And so far I have not experienced any thread breakages, even when the stitching is dense. The lustre is like no other thread I have used. And so began my love affair with Incredi-thread! The brilliance of the colours was impressive. Well, the threads were literally calling out to me to give them a test run. Afterall, the thread was virtually free! When my package arrived I was immediately impressed with the presentation of the threads, all tucked away in their little box, designed specifically for the thread set. However, when Sweet Pea recently offered the opportunity to purchase one of their fabric bundles and receive the brights thread pack for free, I knew I would have to be crazy not to take up the offer. ![]() I'd rather stick with my tried and trusted. Thus my hesitation these days to try any new threads. I have in the past purchased sets of cheaper threads which always promised high quality, however upon sewing with them found the quality so underwhelming that they found their way into the bin. I am a lover of threads with as much sheen and lustre as is possible. "I am extremely particular when it comes to embroidery thread. ![]()
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