Martin Digital History

Public landfill, 1954

Item

Title

Public landfill, 1954

Description

Commissioner Charles Leighton (left) surveys the newly revamped public landfill on SR 76 in Indiantown with the county road superintendent, T. R. Hellier. Published in the Stuart News (28 Jan 1954). According to the newspaper, Martin County took over operation of the city landfill in October of 1953 and made changes to improve the overall look and sanitation of the dump.

Source

Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow.

Publisher

The Stuart News (Stuart, Fla.)

Date

Contributor

Rights

No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

Black and white negative, 4x5 inches

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Identifier

Thurlow-2024-044-b4-109
2024.044

Original Format

Negatives

Citation

Arthur Ruhnke (1912-1986), “Public landfill, 1954,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/11822.