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Excerpt from The Construction of Roads and Streets, Vol. 1 of 2: In Two Parts The present work consists of two parts. The first comprises "The Art of Constructing Common Roads," by Mr. Henry Law, revised and condensed; the second consists of "The Recent Practice in the Construction of Roads and Streets," by Mr. D. Kinnear Clark, C. E., in the investigation of which he has been indebted for much material to the excellent Reports of Lieutenant-Colonel Haywood, Engineer and Surveyor to the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London. The whole is preceded by an historical sketch of the subject, also by Mr. Clark. The City of London is a microcosm of the best and most varied experience in carriage-way construction, under the superintendence of the Engineer who has lucidly described the various structures which have, from time to time, been laid down and tried, in a catholic spirit, and has recorded the results of his experience, in a series of Reports ranging over a period of thirty years from 1848 to 1877. Mr. Clark has endeavoured impartially to set forth the merits and disadvantages of the systems of pavement which have come under his observation, and he believes that the results of his investigations will be useful to others. The varieties of wood pavement and of asphalts pavement which have been laid in the Metropolis - more especially in the City - have been fully described and, it is hoped, fairly criticised. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.