From the Ranger’s Lookout – Road work near Floyd Tower, Potosi Unit, 1937
This photo shows two men in the cab of an Austin-Western No. 77 Senior Dual Drive Motor Grader working on Truck Trail Road 380 in June 1937. According to Keith Haddock’s 2002 Earthmover Encyclopedia, the Austin 77 series of graders were of an advanced design that offered blade movements similar to machines of today. Interestingly,…