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City of Chicago Salt Box
Posted by:
catch1111
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Date: January 21, 2012 02:28AM
This might be bordering on minutiae, but with the recent snows in Chicago does anyone remember the purpose of the salt boxes that used to sit at certain intersections of Chicago? And why and when did they remove them?
Re: City of Chicago Salt Box
Posted by:
b.a.hoarder
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Date: January 21, 2012 09:46AM
I suppose it was for immediate availability when the need arose. The CTA also had them in different areas, at least into the late '50's. When did salt spreader trucks come into usage?
At Byrne School, 53rd & Oak Park on the SW side, I remember a guy driving an old Buick with bags of cinders in the trunk. He'd spread them at the four intersections by the school and then move on. He was not a local school custodian, must have been sent out by CPS.
At Byrne School, 53rd & Oak Park on the SW side, I remember a guy driving an old Buick with bags of cinders in the trunk. He'd spread them at the four intersections by the school and then move on. He was not a local school custodian, must have been sent out by CPS.
Re: City of Chicago Salt Box
Posted by:
Mornac
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Date: January 22, 2012 10:56AM
There was one at the intersection by our school at Granville and Glenwood. There was a crossing guard there on school days and I believe she (or another city employee) used it, probably to make sure the intersection was ready for scool traffic in the event the plows and spreaders didn't get to it in time. I think it disappeared in the mid 70's.
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