1954 Winch Truck at Whiting St Quarry - Hingham Anchor

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1954 Winch Truck at Whiting St Quarry - Hingham Anchor

September 18, 2024 By Geri Duff The Hingham Highway Department pulled a Nash Rambler out of the Whiting Street Quarry in 1954 using “The Winch,” a Mack dump truck chassis converted into a heavy-duty wrecker. During the winter snow storms, they would put on a plow blade on it and use it to plow Rt. 228. During the Blizzard of ’78 it was used in Hingham and then loaned out to Weymouth. The 8 men on the cliff are (l-r) John Stoddard, Louis Keith, M…