Chicago : Engineering and Contracting Pub. Co. · leaf 293
price in 1849 was $5.50per sq. yd. A plan of a street constructed bythe Russ patent is shown in Fig. 1. In Fig. 2is shown a section of the same street. One ofthe particular advantages claimed for the pave-ments was the means for giving access to gaspipes, water pipes, etc., under the street. I… … Fig. 1—Plan of Russ Pavement, ShowingMethod of Construction. chips each from 4 to 6 or 8 ins. in diameterand about half that thickness, is to be laidwith the flatted side upward, and rammeddown flush with the grading, so as to form anopen heading or partial pavement foundationfor the next part of…
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