macadamize
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Funds were set aside by the State Highway Commission in 1917 to macadamize the 40 mile section of Old Oregon Trail from Pendleton west to the Morrow County line.
From Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 by Benson, S.
In the dense forest, where sunshine never comes, rocks, mud, and fallen trees in rapid alternation macadamize the path, save where it turns up the bed of a babbling brook.
From The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America by Orton, James
The continent was crossed, the Gulf reached, and the road indicated by the hardy pioneers, which their successors will find it comparatively easy to level and macadamize.
From Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia by Wills, William John
They exerted great influence in inducing communities to macadamize roads, for which the passing of the stage-coach and the spread of railroads had diminished the demand.
From History of the United States, Volume 6 by Andrews, Elisha Benjamin
Unless changes are made in the location of the roads in many parts of this country it would be worse than folly to macadamize them.
From The Future of Road-making in America by Hulbert, Archer Bulter
The 71st joined the retreat, still encumbered with its guns, and headed along the macadamized Warrenton turnpike — now Route 29 — toward Centreville, Burgess said.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2021
The 71st joined the retreat, still encumbered with its guns, and headed along the macadamized Warrenton turnpike – now Route 29 – toward Centreville, Burgess said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2021
Princeton University historian James M. McPherson writes that before all-weather macadamized roads, it cost the same to move a ton of goods 30 miles inland as it cost to bring a ton across the Atlantic.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2018
It is expected that this entire section will be macadamized during the 1919 season.
From Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 by Benson, S.
At that day the old-fashioned stage-coach was still in use, there were few macadamized roads and no railways.
In many of these regions limestone is extensively used for macadamizing roads, for which it is excellently adapted.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 by Various
A gang of poor fellows who had been compromised in the unsuccessful attempts of last year by the Obrenovitch party, were working in chains, macadamizing the road.
From Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. by Paton, Andrew Archibald
In macadamizing a stray stone in one of his periodical puddings, I once lost a tooth, and with it an heiress of some reputation.
From A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others by Schayer, Julia Thompson von Stosch
Very much more sumptuous than ours, their system of road-making consists in upholstering with silk instead of macadamizing.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
This work, both grading and macadamizing is of excellent character and will soon be opened to traffic.
From Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 by Benson, S.
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