Sanding Saskatoon's snowy roads in 1963

On this day in 1963, city crews added a sand-salt mixture to main roads after an overnight snowfall created treacherous conditions.

Every Thursday, we feature an image from the StarPhoenix archives, curated by the City of Saskatoon Archives. Today, we see the city engineering department’s sanding crews shovelling a sand-salt mixture onto main streets after an overnight snowfall created treacherous driving conditions, from Nov. 28, 1963. (City of Saskatoon Archives StarPhoenix Collection S-SP-B28195-3)

From the StarPhoenix archives:

The “first big sanding operation of the winter” on city streets took place Wednesday following the early morning fall of six inches of wet, heavy snow. It was continuing today.