HUGE Photo ARCHIVE Construction Paving Machine Co 1910-

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SUPER Original Photo ARCHIVE Foote CompanyPaving Machines1910s - 1920sDirect from the Company's Files!69 Original Photographs For offer - an exceptional original American Photograph Archival collection! Fresh from the family estate in Nunda, NY - Upstate, New York. Vintage, Old, antique, Original - NOT Reproductions - Guaranteed !! Scarce ! Here is your opportunity to own a significant phtoograph collection. 69 photos. Directly from the files of the Foote Company in Nunda , NY ( New York State ), which was in existence at the end of the 19th century, and well into the 20th century. They were a construction equipment Co. (also known as Blaw knox Co. ) that produced many style of machines for the purpose of paving. The machines in these photos were made by the Foote Company in Nunda N.Y. (Livingston County ). Multifoote Pavers were some of the first machines used to pave roads , before and after the depression . The Foote co. produced many types of paver machinery - Duomix , many designed with booms and buckets , cone drum , high lift booms , crawlers ( as opposed to wheels ), black top pavers and cement pavers. The photographer was probably Theodore Reed Kendall , who was editor of Contractors and Engineers Monthly : an illustrated magazine for contractor , federal , state and county Officials engaged in construction (C.A.E. Co.). I have a signed letter of his to the Foote Co. , explaining some of the photographs he took for this journal.Photos measure approx. 8 x 10 inches. They vary in size somwhat. Some are canvas-backed. Overall in good to very good condition. Some have wear, light soiling, a few creases here and there, and a few rips. Some have holed punched at edge - probably in an old binder at one time. If you collect road construction history, occupation, engineering, equipment, machine / machinery, transportation, auto / truck, or other types of photos , this is a rare find indeed. Add this to you paper or ephemera library. Perhaps some genealogy information as well. Combine shipping on multiple bid wins! Road surface (British English) or pavement (American English) is the durable surface material laid down on an area intended to sustain vehicular or foot traffic, such as a road or walkway. In the past cobblestones and granite setts were extensively used, but these surfaces have mostly been replaced by asphalt or concrete. Such surfaces are frequently marked to guide traffic. Today, permeable paving methods are beginning to be used for low-impact roadways and walkways.MetallingThe term road metal refers to the broken stone or cinders used in the construction or repair of roads or railways,[1] and is derived from the Latin metallum, which means both "mine" and "quarry".[2] Metalling is known to have been used extensively in the construction of roads by soldiers of the Roman Empire (see Roman road) but a limestone-surfaced road, thought to date back to the Bronze Age, has been found in Britain.[3] Metalling has had two distinct usages in road surfacing. The term originally referred to the process of creating a gravel roadway. The route of the roadway would first be dug down several feet and, depending on local conditions, French drains may or may not have been added. Next, large stones were placed and compacted, followed by successive layers of smaller stones, until the road surface was composed of small stones compacted into a hard, durable surface. "Road metal" later became the name of stone chippings mixed with tar to form the road surfacing material tarmac. A road of such material is called a "metalled road" in Britain, a "paved road" in the USA, or a "sealed road" in Australia.[4][edit] AsphaltCloseup of asphalt on a drivewayAsphalt (specifically, asphalt concrete) has been widely used since 1920–1930. The viscous nature of the bitumen binder allows asphalt concrete to sustain significant plastic deformation, although fatigue from repeated loading over time is the most common failure mechanism. Most asphalt surfaces are built on a gravel base, which ... read more

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