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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... traffic must have been very slight when compared with modern times . Sienkiewicz in his historical novel " The Deluge " says that the capital of Lithuania was paved with stone in 1655 , and adds that this was something extraordinary for ...
... traffic must have been very slight when compared with modern times . Sienkiewicz in his historical novel " The Deluge " says that the capital of Lithuania was paved with stone in 1655 , and adds that this was something extraordinary for ...
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... traffic . The pavement lasted but a few months . A pavement that is somewhat used in England where the traffic is light is called " tar - macadam . " A 10 - inch bed of hard clinkers and broken stone is well rolled with a 12 - ton steam ...
... traffic . The pavement lasted but a few months . A pavement that is somewhat used in England where the traffic is light is called " tar - macadam . " A 10 - inch bed of hard clinkers and broken stone is well rolled with a 12 - ton steam ...
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... traffic is heavier , broken stone is used over the slag . Artificial stone blocks have been made in Chemnitz as follows : Coal - tar is mixed with sulphur and warmed thoroughly . Chlorate of lime is added to the resulting semi - liquid ...
... traffic is heavier , broken stone is used over the slag . Artificial stone blocks have been made in Chemnitz as follows : Coal - tar is mixed with sulphur and warmed thoroughly . Chlorate of lime is added to the resulting semi - liquid ...
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... traffic . Another form of improvement is made of chert . Chert is a sort of disintegrated granite common in some parts of the South and possessed of a cementing property , after having been wet and rolled , that makes a hard , smooth ...
... traffic . Another form of improvement is made of chert . Chert is a sort of disintegrated granite common in some parts of the South and possessed of a cementing property , after having been wet and rolled , that makes a hard , smooth ...
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... traffic on the road was 3200 vehicles per day . A charge of 8/10 of a cent is levied for each vehicle . In 1875 experiments were made in Budapest with a view of making paving - blocks of ceramite . By 1878 they had been pro- duced with ...
... traffic on the road was 3200 vehicles per day . A charge of 8/10 of a cent is levied for each vehicle . In 1875 experiments were made in Budapest with a view of making paving - blocks of ceramite . By 1878 they had been pro- duced with ...
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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...