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Record 1 2019-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roads
CONT

Wood block pavement may have originated in Russia in the 14th century, but it gained prominence in the 1820s and 1830s as a road building alternative to the irregularly surfaced cobblestone streets common during that era ...

Key term(s)
  • wood-block pavement

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies de circulation
CONT

Le pavage en bois fait vraiment son apparition à Paris en 1881. Le préfet de Paris a envoyé préalablement plusieurs missions en Angleterre où le procédé de pavage en bois sur couche de béton s'est développé avec succès depuis 1872.

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