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    Macadam (redirect from Macadamized system)
    free-draining pavement. Roads constructed in this manner were described as "macadamized." With the advent of motor vehicles, dust became a serious problem on...
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    and macadamized roads.[citation needed] Compared to a gravel road, a dirt road is not usually graded regularly to produce an enhanced camber to encourage...
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  • advanced significantly. Following frequent erosion of Lake Shore Road, then macadamized, a concrete road known as the Toronto–Hamilton Highway was proposed in...
    227 KB (16,107 words) - 23:30, 1 May 2024
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    border there were only a few sandy tracks rather than proper macadamized roads. Adding to their supply problems, the Russians deployed large numbers of...
    43 KB (5,719 words) - 10:22, 12 May 2024
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    A.U.C. Oakland, Calif.: Oakland Public Library. OCLC 7488215. "From then to now: these were mayors". Oakland Tribune. 1952-05-01. p. W-7, Oakland Centennial...
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    used to macadamize dykes across lowlands and a culvert over Bouldin Branch. On one occasion, a herd of cattle caused a span 50 feet above the water to give...
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  • during the Neolithic Age. The first vehicle is believed to have been the travois, a frame used to drag loads, which probably developed in Eurasia after...
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    general, building 30 miles of roads on his own property, much of it macadamized." Harvey, Cornelius Burnham. Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen...
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    important developments in the economy of the U.S., from the colonial era to the present. The emphasis is on productivity and economic performance and...
    307 KB (37,528 words) - 07:10, 9 May 2024
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    four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly...
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    classes of road exist, from two-lane local roads with at-grade intersections to controlled-access highways with all cross traffic grade-separated. The nature...
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  • continued to arrive in Florida by train. The introduction of the automobile resulted in an increased number traveling on sometimes macadamized, sometimes...
    126 KB (15,239 words) - 00:45, 12 May 2024
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    summers, for up to five months. On 29 September 1857, the town was elevated to the status of a city. In 1861, the first Macadamized Highway in Brazil...
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    American Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg, which was fought between July 1 to 3, 1863, resulted in the largest number of casualties of any Civil War battle...
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    was under construction. In 1901, the Town of Hollywood opened the new macadamized road surface with electric railway that ran down its center between Laurel...
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    macadamized roads, the Cleveland Bay horse was considered not fast enough, and as a result, some Cleveland Bays were bred to Thoroughbred horses to produce...
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    a commission "to regulate, grade, widen, gravel, and improve the old White Plains Post Road", which was amended in 1870 to "macadamize the road" between...
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  • methods in the United States. Rakeman was a native Washingtonian (D.C.) born to German-American artist Joseph Rakeman. He was educated at the Corcoran Art...
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    road-builder and engineer John Loudon Macadam (1756–1836), inventor of macadamized roads, lived for a while at Cockell House in Townhead. Close by are streets...
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  • former macadamized Lakeshore Road, a cement road known as the Toronto–Hamilton Highway was proposed in January 1914. The highway was designed to run along...
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