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The highway revolution, 1895-1925: how the United States got out of the mud
The highway revolution, 1895-1925: how the United States got out of the mud
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Holley, I. B. (Irving Brinton)
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Carolina Academic Press
Publication Date
c2008
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English
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To get out of the mud : who pays?
What kind of road? the Macadam Era
Educating rural highway builders : getting out the word on construction methods
Horse-drawn road machinery
Steam-powered machines for highway building
The contractor
The long road from asphalt streets to asphalt highways
Gasoline power and highways
Cement, concrete, and mixers
Concrete highways : the boom years, 1914-1925
Retrospect on a revolution.
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Road machinery
Road machinery -- United States -- History
Roads
Roads -- United States -- History
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9781594603532
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