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... obtained by actual experience . Fifteen years ago there was probably less literature extant upon the subject of street pavements than upon any other one branch of the engineering profession . Such great advance has been made in pavement ...
... obtained by actual experience . Fifteen years ago there was probably less literature extant upon the subject of street pavements than upon any other one branch of the engineering profession . Such great advance has been made in pavement ...
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... obtained from different geologies , and the reports of the U. S. and State Geological Surveys . The entire chapter has been revised by Professor Leslie A. Lee of Bowdoin College , Brunswick , Me . , who has thus placed the author under ...
... obtained from different geologies , and the reports of the U. S. and State Geological Surveys . The entire chapter has been revised by Professor Leslie A. Lee of Bowdoin College , Brunswick , Me . , who has thus placed the author under ...
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... obtained . In 1794 the matter was delegated to a special bureau of the government , but with no better success . And it was not till 1834 , when an engineering school was established , graduating its first class in 1839 , that any real ...
... obtained . In 1794 the matter was delegated to a special bureau of the government , but with no better success . And it was not till 1834 , when an engineering school was established , graduating its first class in 1839 , that any real ...
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... obtained a patent for using Seyssel asphalt for paving purposes in the Département de l'Ain . In 1854 the Rue Bergère was paved with compressed asphalt , followed by the Rue St. Honoré in 1858 , from which time the suc- cess of asphalt ...
... obtained a patent for using Seyssel asphalt for paving purposes in the Département de l'Ain . In 1854 the Rue Bergère was paved with compressed asphalt , followed by the Rue St. Honoré in 1858 , from which time the suc- cess of asphalt ...
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... obtained the previous winter authorizing the issue of bonds for that work . The first street paved in Boston was probably Washington Street , about 1650 , the material being " pebbles . " A portion of State Street was paved previous to ...
... obtained the previous winter authorizing the issue of bonds for that work . The first street paved in Boston was probably Washington Street , about 1650 , the material being " pebbles . " A portion of State Street was paved previous to ...
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Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...