- then put his
ideas about road
construction into practice, the
first '
macadamised'
stretch of road
being Marsh Road at
Ashton Gate, Bristol. He also began...
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mainly historical tar-based
material for
macadamising road surfaces,
patented in 1902
Asphalt concrete, a
macadamising material using asphalt instead of tar...
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Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. He
invented a new process, "
macadamisation", for
building roads with a
smooth hard surface,
using controlled materials...
- and
shrubberies and half
rural in its
aspect ... The main
streets are
macadamised, but the
outlying ones and most of the
footpaths retain their native...
-
Engineer directing patch macadamisation of a road in Srinagar...
- the sport's
distinction from road running, the
usage of
unnatural or
macadamised surfaces is
generally kept to a
minimum or
avoided entirely. Because...
-
could be seen s****ing away the dirt
between the
paving stones of non-
macadamised roads,
searching for
horseshoe nails. Br****,
copper and
pewter were valued...
-
pottery manufacture. In 1820,
Scottish road
builder John
McAdam invented "
macadamisation" for
building roads with a
smooth hard surface. In 1901,
Edgar Purnell...
-
facilities to
enhance public health. The
report shows that most
streets were
macadamised or
sometimes paved, and the town was lit by 121 gas
lamps from October...
- 3.4
square kilometres (1.31 sq mi) site with 10.000 km (6.214 mi) of
macadamised road –
comprising a 4.490 km (2.790 mi) loop track, and a 5.500 km (3...
