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Definition of Macadamize

Macadamize
Macadamize Mac*ad"am*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Macadamized; p. pr. & vb. n. Macadamizing.] [From John Loudon McAdam, who introduced the process into Great Britain in 1816.] To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.

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- Baltimore on the Chesapeake Bay to Wheeling on the Ohio River. Before it was macadamized, stagecoaches travelling the Hagerstown to Boonsboro road in the winter...
- advanced significantly. Following frequent erosion of Lake S**** Road, then macadamized, a concrete road known as the Toronto–Hamilton Highway was proposed in...
- Construction of a macadamized road in the United States (1823). These roads allowed stagecoaches to travel at much greater speeds....
- of the border there were only a few sandy tracks rather than proper macadamized roads. Adding to their supply problems, the Russians deplo**** large numbers...
- 19th century to connect Honolulu's King Street to Aiea. The road was macadamized in 1899 but remained in poor condition for several years, prompting calls...
- the automobile resulted in an increased number traveling on sometimes macadamized, sometimes dirt roads. The destination was usually Miami or Miami Beach...
- Lord Loudoun's aides, John Loudon McAdam, invented a new process called macadamizing for building roads that were more durable and less muddy than soil-based...
- Ohio Railroad, at the northern terminus of the Valley pike--a broad macadamized road, running up the valley, through Winchester, and terminating at Staunton...
- was finished at a cost of $80,000; an additional $20,000 was used to macadamize ****s across lowlands and a culvert over Bouldin Branch. On one occasion...
- Johannesburg, by about an hour." Under his administration certain roads were "macadamized", an agreement was entered into with the Rand Water a Muni****l Fire...