Delmar Rowe, owner of Rowe Construction Company, and Harley Greene, Superintendent of Public Works, Bloomington, Illinois, look over the old city dump while it was being converted to sanitary landfill. Two Caterpillar D8 Tractors and two Caterpillar Traxcavators were used for the renovation.

From left to right: E. G. Moody, City Manager, and Mayor O. Lloyd Welsh look over the cleaningup operation on the old city dump at Bloomington. The 20 acre area has been converted to sanitary landfill method of garbage disposal. Much of the old refuse was cinders which has been used successfully for cover.

A Caterpillar No. 977 Traxcavator, owned by Rowe Construction Company, is using some of the ash deposits from the Bloomington city dump for filling in a small pond. This city of 35,000 has recently converted this eyesore to sanitary landfill.

A Caterpillar D8 Tractor and Traxcavator are working on the renovation of Bloomington city dump. These units are pushing the old refuse into an abandoned gravel pit which contains up to ten feet of water. This site contains slightly over 20 acres of land and is expected to last at least 15 years.

These two Caterpillar D8 Tractors owned by Rowe Construction Company, Bloomington, were part of the team used to clean up this city's open dump. By working side by side hourly production was greatly increased. In addition to these units, a Caterpillar No. 955 and No. 977, Traxcavator completed the project in about 12 days.

Rats were plentiful on the old city dump at Bloomington. It has recently been converted to sanitary landfill. Before the area was sealed, Arwell, Inc. conducted a kill for 60 days to prevent the rats from moving to surrounding residential and manufacturing areas. The kill operation was conducted four times and resulted in extermination of over 25,000.

This Caterpillar No. 955 Traxcavator, owned by Rowe Construction Company, disposes of garbage by the sanitary landfill method. Sanitary landfill is now carried on in 50' wide strips. Cover material is bulldozed from the rear slopes each evening. The No. 955 compacts and covers an average of 26 loads per day, six days per week.

Rowe Construction Company's Caterpillar D8 Tractor is cleaning up the 15 year-old Bloomington city dump for conversion to sanitary landfill. Two DS's and two Traxcavators were used for this job. In the upper left is part of the area which has been sealed. The old spoil was pushed into the gravel pit in the foreground.