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John Loudon McAdam
John Loudon McAdam was a Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. He invented a new process, "macadamisation", for building roads with a smooth hard surface, using controlled materials of mixed particle size and predetermined structure, that would be more durable and less muddy than soil-based tracks.
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science · Scottish engineer and road-builder (1756–1836) · civil engineer · inventor · engineer · military personnel · also John Loudon McAdam, John Loudon Macadam, McAdam
Born 21 September 1756 · Died 26 November 1836 · Q437708
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2026· 3 entries
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1836· 1 entry
Died 1836-11-26.
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1820· 1 entry
Professional jealousy cut a £5,000 grant for expenses from the Parliament of the United Kingdom to £2,000 in 1827
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1816· 2 entries
Where he decided to remake the roads under his care with crushed stone bound with gravel on a firm base of large stones
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And 1819 (Remarks on the Present System of Road-Making and Practical Essay on the Scientific Repair and Preservation of Roads) he argued that roads needed to be raised above the surrounding ground and constructed from la
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1802· 1 entry
Moved to Bristol, England and he became general surveyor for the Bristol Corporation in 1804
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1756· 1 entry
Born 1756-09-21.
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