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... Wood Pavements - London Pavements - Australian Wood in London - Specifications for London Pavements - Wood Pavement in Ipswich , Glasgow , Dublin , Paris , Montreal , and Quebec - Early Wood Pavements of the United States - Wood ...
... Wood Pavements - London Pavements - Australian Wood in London - Specifications for London Pavements - Wood Pavement in Ipswich , Glasgow , Dublin , Paris , Montreal , and Quebec - Early Wood Pavements of the United States - Wood ...
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... wood pavements in London ... 298 71. Showing mileage of street - car tracks in American and European cities . 458 72 , 73. Showing analyses of different asphalts ..... 495 , 496 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . FIGURE 1. Possible formation of ...
... wood pavements in London ... 298 71. Showing mileage of street - car tracks in American and European cities . 458 72 , 73. Showing analyses of different asphalts ..... 495 , 496 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . FIGURE 1. Possible formation of ...
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... wood pavement in London , which in 1842 had increased to 60,000 , when , according to a statement made in the City Council by an alderman during a controversy as to the relative merits of wood and stone pavements , there were 600,000 ...
... wood pavement in London , which in 1842 had increased to 60,000 , when , according to a statement made in the City Council by an alderman during a controversy as to the relative merits of wood and stone pavements , there were 600,000 ...
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... wood , in the city . This would indicate that wood , as first 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 ...
... wood , in the city . This would indicate that wood , as first 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 ...
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... wooden blocks were tried , but the expansion was so great that the surface was deformed , and the experiment failed . Lumber being so expensive in Mexico , no further attempt was made with wood . In 1889 some coal - tar pavement was ...
... wooden blocks were tried , but the expansion was so great that the surface was deformed , and the experiment failed . Lumber being so expensive in Mexico , no further attempt was made with wood . In 1889 some coal - tar pavement was ...
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