Street Pavements and Paving Materials: A Manual of City Pavements : the Methods and Materials of Their Construction |
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... says the streets of Jerusalem were swept every day , and accordingly concludes that they must have been paved . A consular report from Palestine states that the pavements of Jerusalem laid by the Romans over two thousand years ago are ...
... says the streets of Jerusalem were swept every day , and accordingly concludes that they must have been paved . A consular report from Palestine states that the pavements of Jerusalem laid by the Romans over two thousand years ago are ...
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... says : " There were great mud - holes where one sank ankle - deep , for no one paved their streets at that time ; strangely enough preferring to pay the sixpence fine per square yard for leaving it undone . " How often this fine was ...
... says : " There were great mud - holes where one sank ankle - deep , for no one paved their streets at that time ; strangely enough preferring to pay the sixpence fine per square yard for leaving it undone . " How often this fine was ...
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... says : Florence , Sienna , Milan , and other Italian cities have pavements with especially prepared wheel - tracks . These tracks are three feet in width , made of large and particularly well - laid stones . They are about four feet ...
... says : Florence , Sienna , Milan , and other Italian cities have pavements with especially prepared wheel - tracks . These tracks are three feet in width , made of large and particularly well - laid stones . They are about four feet ...
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... says that the capital of Lithuania was paved with stone in 1655 , and adds that this was something extraordinary for that time . A history of Spanish times in the West Indies , after describing a visit of the pirates to Porto Bello ...
... says that the capital of Lithuania was paved with stone in 1655 , and adds that this was something extraordinary for that time . A history of Spanish times in the West Indies , after describing a visit of the pirates to Porto Bello ...
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... her popular novel " The Goode Vrowe of Manahatta " says that in the early days of New York the Dutch built several breweries on the road lying between Broad and Whitehall streets , since called 8 STREET PAVEMENTS AND PAVING MATERIALS .
... her popular novel " The Goode Vrowe of Manahatta " says that in the early days of New York the Dutch built several breweries on the road lying between Broad and Whitehall streets , since called 8 STREET PAVEMENTS AND PAVING MATERIALS .
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