Cassano, career at Caltrans spanned 36 years, from 1951-1987, and culminated as head of the Division of Structures of the California Department of Transportation from 1984 to 1987. Interview conducted by Don Alden, on April 16, 1998. Topics covered include horse and buggy days in Pollock Pines area, Lake Tahoe Wagon Road, Lincoln Highway, US 50, Pioneer Trail, tolls on Pioneer Trail, state department of Engineering, "Big Ditch project, southern pacific railroad, Smiths Flat maintenance station, snow removal in early 1930s. Butler arranged for the return to the State of two obelisks from the Riverton Bridge, the first major project built by the State in 1900 to improve the Lake Tahoe Wagon Road. He later went on to work for and retired from, the El Dorado County Roads Department.
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Interviewed September 7, 1989, by Gordon Bordsen, District 3 History Committee.Ĭlyde Butler worked for the California Division of Highways from 1927-1933 as a truck driver and maintenance laborer. Gordon served as Chairman of the District 3 History Committee. During Gordon's tenure he worked in the District Right of Way Department and then retired as the Deputy District Director in charge of Administration. Gordon started on March 1, 1957, and retired January 6, 1989.
Welded construction of bridges, use of T1 Steel for Carquinez Bridge, utilization of prestressed concrete on bridge building, initiation of dynamic testing of guardrails/crash tests using radio-controlled automobiles and Governor Hiram Johnson's legacy of noninterference by politicians in the operations of State Government. Worked at Materials and Research Lab under Francis Hveem, laboratory fire of 1956. Recruited junior civil engineers from out of state in 1950s. Vickrey to devise reorganization/expansion plan for Division of Highways to meet requirements of Collier Burns Act of 1947. Topics covered include Kings River Canyon job and working with Camp 39 convict labor, participated in survey of county built bridges when a large number of county roads taken over by State in 1933. He was named State Equipment Engineer in 1963 and then in 1964 was appointed Chief of the Materials and Research Department. He returned to the Division of Highways Design Department. He later worked for the Bridge Department until after World War II when he transferred to the State Personnel Board. John Beaton began his service with the Division of Highways in 1929 as an Engineering Aid.
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Topics covered include work on Maricopa Highway, the Grapevine, origin of District Materials Engineer positions, expansion of duties of Maintenance Department due to start of Interstate System building, importance of Maintenance experience in understanding how to plan and design highways, importance of Collier-Burns Act of 1947. He also served during the course of his career as District 9 Director, State Maintenance Engineer, and Assistant State Highway Engineer of Planning. He first worked in the District 6, as Assistant to the Maintenance Engineer and later was appointed the first Materials Engineer in the District 6 Laboratory. Frank Baxter served 39 years with the Division of Highways before retiring in 1969.
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