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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... laid in cement mortar and some- times several feet thick . A traveller in one case reports having crawled entirely across a road under the pavement where the earth had been washed away and the masonry had been self - supporting . Such ...
... laid in cement mortar and some- times several feet thick . A traveller in one case reports having crawled entirely across a road under the pavement where the earth had been washed away and the masonry had been self - supporting . Such ...
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... laid in 1533 , when the city had a population of 150,000 . Holborn had some pavements in 1417. Square granite blocks were intro- duced by acts of Parliament for Westminster in 1761 , and for London generally in 1766 . When the Forum ...
... laid in 1533 , when the city had a population of 150,000 . Holborn had some pavements in 1417. Square granite blocks were intro- duced by acts of Parliament for Westminster in 1761 , and for London generally in 1766 . When the Forum ...
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... laid in Lon- don . A pavement consisting of broad , smooth , well - jointed blocks of granite for wheel - tracks , with pitching between for horses , was laid in Commercial Road , London , in 1825 . In 1839 there were 1100 square yards ...
... laid in Lon- don . A pavement consisting of broad , smooth , well - jointed blocks of granite for wheel - tracks , with pitching between for horses , was laid in Commercial Road , London , in 1825 . In 1839 there were 1100 square yards ...
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... laid , was discontinued , and was not used again till laid in its improved form . Concrete was first used in London as a base for pavements in 1872 , and the custom was general in 1875 . In Liverpool granite blocks were first laid in ...
... laid , was discontinued , and was not used again till laid in its improved form . Concrete was first used in London as a base for pavements in 1872 , and the custom was general in 1875 . In Liverpool granite blocks were first laid in ...
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... laid on the road between Bordeaux and Rouen in 1840. This was a mixture of asphalt rock and ordinary stone , and was probably the first bituminous roadway laid on a public highway , although about the same time asphaltic rock was used ...
... laid on the road between Bordeaux and Rouen in 1840. This was a mixture of asphalt rock and ordinary stone , and was probably the first bituminous roadway laid on a public highway , although about the same time asphaltic rock was used ...
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