Macadamized Connecting Road

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Title

Macadamized Connecting Road

Subject

Roads
Rural roads
Macadam roads
Engineers
Roads--design and construction

Description

A macadamized road runs through a rural landscape. Macadamized roads were named for John Loudon McAdam, a Scottish engineer who pioneered the method of mixing small stones with a binder to form roadways, ca. 1820.

Photo caption: "Macadamized connecting road."

Creator

Matsoukas, Nick John

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

n.d.

Format

jpg

Language

eng

Identifier

401202
Federal Writers Project

Original Format

commercial print
b&w
7
9 x 15 cm