File:Image from page 15 of "City roads and pavements suited to cities of moderate size." (1902).jpg
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Title: City roads and pavements suited to cities of moderate size. Year: 1902 (1900s) Authors: Judson, William Pierson, 1849-1925 Subjects: Streets Pavements Roads Publisher: New York : The Engineering news publishing company Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: fied tile laid with open joints; one line on each sideof a level road which receives drainage from both sides,or one line only on a hill-side road, this being put Text Appearing After Image: on its up-hill side to intercept ground-water from thehigher ground. These tiles should be placed on anaccurate grade, a foot or more below the bottom of thegutter, next to the curbs, away from tree-roots andbelow frost, in order to lead the ground-water to thecatch-basins or road-culverts, from which it will run tothe sewers or outlets with the surface-water from thepavement. The provision of this sub-drainage should be thefirst move toward making any permanent roadway ona fiat street. ROLLING THE EARTH ROADBED. For any method of road-making or of paving whichmay be adopted, a steam roller of about ten to twelve lO ROLI.INCr THK KARTII K( )AI)l,i;i). tons weight is requisite in order to compact the eartliroadbed so that it will sustain the wheels which willpass over it. As well try to make the bricks of oldEgypt without straw as to try to make the roads ofto-day without a heavy steam roller. Every fullyequipped road-builder has one or more. There are fewcities which have not made som Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. |
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