Remarks on the Present System of Road Making

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Remarks on the Present System of Road Making

by John Loudon McAdam

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Remarks on the Present System of Road Making With Observations, Deduced from Practice and Experience, With a View to a Revision of the Existing Laws, and the Introduction of Improvement in the Method of Making, Repairing, and Preserving Roads, and Defending the Road Funds from Misapplication. Seventh Edition, Carefully Revised, With an Appendix, and Report from the Select Committee of the House of Commons, June 1823, with Extracts from the Evidence

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Project Gutenberg

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Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2021-04-07

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Public domain in the USA.

About the author

John Loudon McAdam

John Loudon McAdam

1756–1836

Best known for transforming how roads were built, this Scottish engineer gave his name to the "macadam" method that shaped modern travel. His practical idea—using layers of small, compacted stones on a well-drained surface—made roads smoother, stronger, and more reliable.

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