Paving a London street with granite setts. This hard wearing stone was shipped from quarries in Scotland and Cornwall and laid down on the main thoroughfares of the city. Woocut from 'Roads and Railroads, Vehicles, and Modes of Travelling' by John W Parker (London, c1840).

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Paving a London street with granite setts. This hard wearing stone was shipped from quarries in Scotland and Cornwall and laid down on the main thoroughfares of the city. Woocut from 'Roads and Railroads, Vehicles, and Modes of Travelling' by John W Parker (London, c1840).

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