Street Pavements and Paving Materials: A Manual of City Pavements, the Methods and Materials of Their ConstructionJ. Wiley & Sons, 1901 - 555 páginas |
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... kind was laid on Gravier Street in 1880 , but proved a failure . Asphalt was first laid on St. Charles Street in 1885 . From 1889 to 1896 a number of streets were paved with gravel concrete , but the material did not give good ...
... kind was laid on Gravier Street in 1880 , but proved a failure . Asphalt was first laid on St. Charles Street in 1885 . From 1889 to 1896 a number of streets were paved with gravel concrete , but the material did not give good ...
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... kind of iron in composition . It varies from a strong compact quartzite to a loosely coherent granular mass . The largest quarries are near Potsdam , hence its name . This stone is hard and compact , evenly grained , and reddish in ...
... kind of iron in composition . It varies from a strong compact quartzite to a loosely coherent granular mass . The largest quarries are near Potsdam , hence its name . This stone is hard and compact , evenly grained , and reddish in ...
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... in the selection , whichever kind is used . In " Mineral Resources for 1897 " the following tables are given showing three stages of transformation of a German porphyry into BRICK - CLAYS - MANUFACTURE OF PAVING - BRICK . 85.
... in the selection , whichever kind is used . In " Mineral Resources for 1897 " the following tables are given showing three stages of transformation of a German porphyry into BRICK - CLAYS - MANUFACTURE OF PAVING - BRICK . 85.
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... in part of brick , though , on account of stone being so plentiful in Greece , they were not in so great a demand there as in other countries . Strabo mentions a floating brick made of a kind of 88 STREET PAVEMENTS AND PAVING MATERIALS .
... in part of brick , though , on account of stone being so plentiful in Greece , they were not in so great a demand there as in other countries . Strabo mentions a floating brick made of a kind of 88 STREET PAVEMENTS AND PAVING MATERIALS .
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... kind of silicious . earth that when burned has a less specific gravity than water . Modern bricks were first used in Suffolk , England , in 1260 , though they were not manufactured of good quality until about one hundred years later ...
... kind of silicious . earth that when burned has a less specific gravity than water . Modern bricks were first used in Suffolk , England , in 1260 , though they were not manufactured of good quality until about one hundred years later ...
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Página 402 - All loss or damage arising out of the nature of the work to be done under this agreement, or from any unforeseen obstructions or difficulties which may be encountered in the prosecution of the same...
Página 412 - ... authorities, and •whenever required by them to do so, and in such manner as they may prescribe. In the case of neglect of any corpo-ration to make these pavements or repairs after the expiration of thirty days' notice to do so, the local authorities may make same at the expense of such corporation." The street-car companies, however, have not always lived up to this requirement, and it was stated in a paper read before the American Society of Civil Engineers in December, 1896, that bills aggregating...
Página 412 - Every street surface railroad corporation so long as it shall continue to use any of its tracks in any street, avenue or public place in any city or village shall have and keep in permanent repair that portion of such street, avenue or public place between its tracks, the rails of its tracks, and two feet in width outside of its tracks, under the supervision of the proper local authorities, and whenever required by them to do so, and in such manner as they may prescribe. In case of the neglect of...