File:Bellefontaine-ohio-cement-street-monument.jpg

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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 73001497.

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Monument commemorating the first portland cement street in the United States, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
Photo shot by Derek Jensen (Tysto), 2005-October-06

Referring to the small square of cement, the plaques say:

THIS IS THE FIRST PORTLAND
CEMENT CONCRETE STREET BUILT
IN THE UNITED STATES.
CONSTRUCTED IN 1891
HERE STARTED THE BETTER ROADS
MOVEMENT WHICH HAS GIVEN OUR
CITIZENS FROM COAST TO COAST
SWIFT AND SURE TRANSPORTATION.
1891....1941


ERECTED BY
THE BELLEFONTAINE
JUNIOR CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE

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current22:18, 7 October 2005Thumbnail for version as of 22:18, 7 October 20052,500 × 1,667 (1.2 MB)Tysto (talk | contribs)Historic Holland Theatre in Bellefontaine, Ohio.<br> Photo shot by Derek Jensen (Tysto), 2005-October-06 Category:Bellefontaine, Ohio Category:Tysto-structures

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