Tuesday, March 08, 2022

In December 1943, Richmond Mayor Gordon Ambler broke in the city’s new street sweeper, which had been on order for months.


Wartime restrictions on manufacturing slowed production and delivery of the motorized sweeper, which city officials said was needed in light of the labor shortage in the streets unit of the Department of Public Works. The low bidder for the sweeper priced it at $4,325.

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  1. Nancy and Dennis3:39 PM

    Looks like an Austin-Western Sweeper. Styling by Alex Tremulus.

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    1. Jesse4:35 PM

      it sure is, good catch! And thanks for the Tremulis note, I hadn't known he'd designed a street sweeper, but I've posted a lot of the other things he'd designed. https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2011/12/07/mobile-alabama-1940s

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  2. Nancy and Dennis3:40 PM

    Oh, and the cage in front is probably for pushing fallen leaves into piles.

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