The Construction and Maintenance of Earth Roads
by Richard Roswell Lyman
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About this eBook
- Author
- Lyman, Richard Roswell, 1870-1963
- Title
- The construction and maintenance of earth roads
- Original Publication
- United States: State School of Mines, University of Utah,1910.
- Credits
- Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TA: Technology: Engineering and Civil engineering
- Subject
- Roads
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 69016
- Release Date
- September 20, 2022
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The Construction and Maintenance OF EARTH ROADS
- 2.Introduction
- 3.The Construction and Maintenance of Earth Roads — Hard Roads. — Drainage. — Standard Cross-Sections. — Road Grades. — Drain Ditches. — Maintenance. — Devices for Maintenance. — Split-Log Drag. — Importance of Using Drag. — When to Use Drag. — Common Mistakes With Drag. — Iron on Drag. — Earth or Macadam Road. — Cost of Roads. — Ordinary Macadam. — Tar Macadam. — Costs Compared. — The Earth Road a Portion of Better Roads. — Roads in Sand and Soft Clay. — Cost of Maintenance. — Earth Roads Poorly Kept. — Drag Reduces Dust. — Examples and Their Cost.
- 4.Untitled
- 5.Untitled
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