- Tarmac — 2021-08-09 21:38:37
…istered in 1903, Tarmacadam in honour of J L ""McAdam"". The **Tarmac** company was relaunched by Alfred Hickman in 1905. == Beginnings of Macadam == **John Loudon ""McAdam""** was bor…
…within the mixture to form a smooth road surface. {{Image url="NottinghamRadcliffeRoad.jpg" class="center" title="First Tarmac road. Radcliffe Road, Nottingham" width="" }} Having perfected the operation, Hooley began transforming road surfaces. …
…Nottingham's **Radcliffe Road** became the** first tarmac road in the world**. …
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On this day 150 years ago Guglielmo Marconi was born - 18 April 1945.
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