Street Pavements and Paving Materials: A Manual of City Pavements : the Methods and Materials of Their ConstructionJohn Wiley & Sons, 1900 - 532 páginas |
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... carried on by vehicles , built in ancient times many foot - roads of great excellence ; those of Peru alone extended for more than a thousand leagues . In the special consular reports it is stated that more than one thousand years ...
... carried on by vehicles , built in ancient times many foot - roads of great excellence ; those of Peru alone extended for more than a thousand leagues . In the special consular reports it is stated that more than one thousand years ...
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... carrying out of public work in ancient as well as in modern times . In the latter part of the sixteenth century Henry IV . appointed . a " Great Waywarden of France . " This is probably the earliest record of the appointment of a public ...
... carrying out of public work in ancient as well as in modern times . In the latter part of the sixteenth century Henry IV . appointed . a " Great Waywarden of France . " This is probably the earliest record of the appointment of a public ...
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... carried on pack- horses . Also : " In the streets the roads were paved with round pebbles - they were cobbled ; the footway was protected by posts placed at intervals ; the paving - stones , which only existed in the principal streets ...
... carried on pack- horses . Also : " In the streets the roads were paved with round pebbles - they were cobbled ; the footway was protected by posts placed at intervals ; the paving - stones , which only existed in the principal streets ...
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... carrying out of the commissioners ' report . Chicago . In Chicago all street improvements previous to 1844 consisted in keeping the earth roadways in as good a condition as possible . From 1844 to 1855 the roadways of the most important ...
... carrying out of the commissioners ' report . Chicago . In Chicago all street improvements previous to 1844 consisted in keeping the earth roadways in as good a condition as possible . From 1844 to 1855 the roadways of the most important ...
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... carried great distances to form the surface of the roads on account of its fine wearing qualities . Sioux Falls Stone . This is a red quartzite or metamorphic sandstone . It contains 85 per cent of quartz . Its color is due to oxide of ...
... carried great distances to form the surface of the roads on account of its fine wearing qualities . Sioux Falls Stone . This is a red quartzite or metamorphic sandstone . It contains 85 per cent of quartz . Its color is due to oxide of ...
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