BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Something old and something new on this day in history.
The old came on August 5, 1982, when the last operating dairy farm in the city of Montpelier started to shut down.
It was a symbol in the long decline of small dairy operations in Vermont from over 11,000 in the 1940s to about 3,500 by 1982.
Then something new happened on this day in 1975, with the start of construction on the new WCAX studio.
The station had outgrown its home off Shelburne Road and would move into its new home in 1976.
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