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Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This scraper is pulled by both a steam tractor and a pair of mules as original Broadway surfacing is torn up 50 years ago. The surface was replaced by paving bricks. Rigs such as this made slow methodical work out of…

Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This crew is paving Vine Sts, in the vicinity of North Second St. in Council Bluffs' "horse and buggy" days. The job is done with paving bricks, many of which remain in city streets today. Photo from F.E. Moses, 2641…