A Fence Made of Snow
A most curious fence has been made near Warsaw in Indiana.' It was a fence of sacks and snow, -put up hastily to prevent the highway becoming blocked by drifts in-unusually-heavy snowstorms; Wir,es were strung across a number, of. steel. posts and hundreds of sacks were tied to the wires. The snow fell on the sacks, froze them, and bound them together into y, huge sack wall, against which the snow itself then drifted. Tho fence Was about 100 ft. back from the road, and it had the desired effect of keep-. ir.n the roadway clear.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7297, 6 August 1930, Page 4
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101A Fence Made of Snow Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7297, 6 August 1930, Page 4
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