Sometime in the future, I want to write a book on heavy construction in my home state of Connecticut from c.1945-c.1990. I'm looking for pictures and information pertaining to road, bridge, and dam construction. A list of the more specific firms around here that I know of were: Angelo Tomasso, Inc.-New Britain, CT Lane Construction Corp.-Meriden, CT Arute Bros., Inc.-New Britain, CT White Oak Excavators/White Oak Corp.-Plainville, CT Charter Oak Construction/Arborio Corp.-Cromwell, CT Edward Balf Company-Newington, CT Savin Construction/Savin Bros., Inc.-Bloomfield, CT Oneglia & Gervasini Construction/O&G Industries-Torrington, CT L.G. Defelice, Inc.-North Haven, CT C.W. Blakeslee & Sons/Blakeslee Arpaia Chapman-New Haven, CT D'Addario Construction-Bridgeport, CT M.A. Gammino Construction-Providence, RI Whatever you have, post it here or email me at [email protected] . And include your info so I can credit you. Any help is appreciated!
Decided to switch to the era 1965-1995. I received Edgar Browning's book on CT Roadbuilding until then and well...just couldn't beat that :cool2 Still looking for more pictures!
NERI - Clinton CT
Stretch, I know this is an old thread, I don't even your if still active? All those contractors are mentioned in Edgar's Book's . The best way to find information is try and source older construction trade magazine's at Colleges or Public Library's Dug
Try searching for older periodical's, they are accurate and featured stories on Connecticut jobs . Good sources are Roads & Streets, New England Constructor, Construction Methods & Equipment. Here's a link to get you started . I found O&G from Connecticut in The December 1961 issue https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=constmetheq