Isbn: 9780243136490 - good roads, vol. 15: devoted to the construction and maintenance of roads and streets; january-june, 1914 (classic reprint) (3 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book compiles proceedings from the Fourth American Good Roads Congress and Tenth Annual Convention of the American Road Builders Association held in 1914. The convention brought together a diverse group of industry professionals to exchange ideas, showcase new inventions, and discuss advancements in contemporary road construction and maintenance. The first part of this book focuses on meeting proceedings, including addresses, discussions, and papers by S. Percy Hooker, Nelson P. Lewis, Harold Parker, and Jean de Pulligny. It presents various perspectives on the division of expense, responsibility, and authority between national, state, county, and town governments across road and street projects. The second part of the book comprises 25 technical papers presented at the convention, covering a wide range of topics, from the selection of materials and methods for constructing different types of roads to the best practices for maintenance and repair. Overall, this volume captures the spirit of innovation and collaboration that characterized the early 20th-century road building movement and provides valuable insights into the challenges and solutions faced by road builders of the era. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. …