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In 1955 the railway was controlled by thousands of men in small buildings beside the track, each pulling a frame of heavy levers that moved signals and points…
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In 1960 the grain elevator beside the railway was the tallest building for thirty miles, the only buyer a farmer could reach, and the reason a great many…
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Agricultural flying in 1965 was done by one man in a converted military trainer, a few metres above a crop, pulling up at every hedge, turning hard and…
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In 1960 the detection of forest fires across enormous areas of mountain country depended on people sitting alone in glass rooms on peaks, watching, for an entire season.…
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Rodeo in 1965 was a sport in which the competitors paid to take part, wore a felt hat instead of a helmet, were protected by a man in face…
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In 1960 the man who kept the telephone and electricity lines working climbed a wooden pole on steel spikes strapped to his legs, leaned back against a leather…