The mechanisation of municipal and highway engineering works and its economics
Subtitle: a symposium of papers
By: Chairman: Mr H. E. Aldington. 3, Section 1 Quarrying.
Contributors: Aldington, H. E.; Great Britain. Ministry of Transport. Roads Department.
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1948
Place of publication: [U.K.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
Subjects: Quarries and quarring -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain.; Highway engineering -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain.; Roads -- Foundations -- Great Britain.
Notes: Held under the auspices of the Congress Council in consultation with the Ministry of Transport, Roads Department on Tuesday 16th November 1948.
Table of contents: title: Contents: 1. Production of road stone aggregates / W. Minty - 2. Production of gravel, sand and ballast ... / T.B. Davey - 3. Modern quarrying equipment for the production of aggregates ... / R. Eric Pochin, F.W. Parker - 4. Design and construction of modern drying and mixing plants for asphalt and tarmacadam / N.E. Kerridge, T.A. Emerson - 5. Production and distribution of bitumen / A.W. Jarman - 6. Manufacture and distribution of portland cement / G.G.J. Davis - 7. Modern developments in the preparationof road tars and their uses in highway construction and maintenance / H.C. Hitchcock.