Pavements for modern traffic . BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS —Purchase Street. Granite - Block — Paved 1904. Photographed 1910 37. NEW YORK CITY—Two Heavy-Traffic Streets along the Water-Front where all Freight is Carried to Railroadand Steamship Docks. A —South Street. B—West Street. Granite-Block—Paved 1908. 38 Brick Pavements: A brick pavement consiBts of brick set onedge on a suitable foundation. Brick pavements were constructedin Holland as far back as 18C0, but they were first used in theUnited States in 1870 at Charleston, West Virginia. Originallythe brick was simply laid upon the earth road b
Pavements for modern traffic . BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS —Purchase Street. Granite - Block — Paved 1904. Photographed 1910 37. NEW YORK CITY—Two Heavy-Traffic Streets along the Water-Front where all Freight is Carried to Railroadand Steamship Docks. A —South Street. B—West Street. Granite-Block—Paved 1908. 38 Brick Pavements: A brick pavement consiBts of brick set onedge on a suitable foundation. Brick pavements were constructedin Holland as far back as 18C0, but they were first used in theUnited States in 1870 at Charleston, West Virginia. Originallythe brick was simply laid upon the earth road bed; but as in thecase of the granite block pavements, such a foundation did notprove to be firm enough, and the pavement settled, unequally, andecon attained a very unsatisfactory sonditicn. Brick pavementsare now constructed in the same manner as are granite blocV. pave-ments, and most of the. principles of the latter may be applied tobrick pavements. Brick being a manufactured product, may be obtained in uni-form sizes, with smooth edges and surfaces. For this reason theynay be laid close together, and will
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