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Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5653  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Off-Ramp Construction, I-84 to Asylum Avenue
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5653 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Off-Ramp Construction, I-84 to Asylum Avenue

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009
Date1987
MediumPhotomechanical print; black ink on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 18 x 23 5/8in. (45.7 x 60cm)
Sheet (height x width): 18 x 23 5/8in. (45.7 x 60cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionPrint of the construction of the Asylum Avenue exit ramp along I-84 from below the ramp. A wheeled bulldozer is pictured in front of the supporting posts of the ramp, which curves to the right in front of Bushnell Park, the Parkview HIlton, City Place and other downtown Hartford buildings. On the left are another highway ramp and what appears to be a pile of building materials.
Object number2012.284.5653
InscribedRecto, bottom left, handwritten in black ink: "RICHARD WELLING SUNDAY-8-16-87 / OFFRAMP CONSTRUCTION I-84 TO ASYLUM AVE."
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