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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarmacadam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarmacadam
by gerdesj 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarmacadam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarmacadam
- jeffwass 4y agoI often wonder how different our technology tree would be without random but critical accidents like this. “In 1901, Edgar Purnell Hooley was walking in Denby, Derbyshire, when he noticed a smooth stretch of road close to an ironworks. He was informed that a barrel of tar had fallen onto the road and someone poured waste slag from the nearby furnaces to cover up the mess. Hooley noticed this unintentional resurfacing had solidified the road, and there was no rutting and no dust.”