This article is about the road surfacing. For other uses, see Tarmac (disambiguation).
Tarmacadam is a road surfacing material made by combining tar and macadam (crushed stone and sand), patented by Welsh inventor Edgar Purnell Hooley in 1902. It is a more durable and dust-free enhancement of simple compacted stone macadam surfaces invented by Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam in the early 19th century. The terms "tarmacadam" and tarmac are also used for a variety of other materials, including tar-grouted macadam, bituminous surface treatments and modern asphalt concrete.
Tarmacadam is a road surfacing material made by combining tar and macadam (crushed stone and sand), patented by Welsh inventor Edgar Purnell Hooley in...
Tarmac may refer to: Tarmacadam, a mainly historical tar-based material for macadamising road surfaces, patented in 1902 Asphalt concrete, a macadamising...
was used to level Green Park. The square was originally surfaced with tarmacadam, which was replaced with stone in the 1920s. Trafalgar Square was opened...
contained on only one side by slightly elevated white pavement stone. The tarmacadam surface beneath the water slopes gently towards the elevated pavement...
produce a quick-reversing roller suitable for modern road surfaces such as tarmacadam and bituminous asphalt. A number of Robey & Co. tandem rollers were modified...
called "the tarmac" at times, despite not being constructed using the tarmacadam process. A variety of specialty asphalt concrete mixtures have been developed...
authorised by the licensee (Kemble Air Services Limited). The airfield has a tarmacadam runway which accommodates large aircraft such as the Boeing 747. Aston...
Newcomen, the bicycle, macadamisation (not to be confused with tarmac or tarmacadam), Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the first practical telephone,...
seating Record attendance 10,000 Field size 579m length (1900 feet) Surface Tarmacadam Construction Opened 30 May 1887 (1887-05-30) Renovated 1936, 2015 Tenants...
would become synonymous. See also (Brun (company) French) Bitulithe : a tarmacadam- or asphalt concrete-like product, manufactured in situ by a portable...
Edgar Purnell Hooley added tar to the mix and named it Tarmac (short for tarmacadam). Probably the greatest driver behind the modern use of concrete was Smeaton's...
Gulfstream II business jet made a precautionary landing. A temporary tarmacadam runway of almost 3,000 feet in length was laid to enable the aircraft...
facility and a multi-use area that can be used as two tennis courts (tarmacadam surface) or other sports. There is also a playpark on Fryer’s field and...
Anthorn, was commissioned as HMS Nuthatch on 7 September 1944, with three tarmacadam runways. It was the base of No. 1 Aircraft Receipt and Despatch Unit (No...
mound. Outdoor ranges with a covered firing point are usually concrete or tarmacadam. Outdoor military range firing points are not usually covered and may...
Parliament, military theorist John Loudon McAdam, (1756–1836), inventor of Tarmacadam road surface Sam McCrory (born 1965), former member of Ulster Defence...
established in the town by the Reverend Henry Barton. A plant to manufacture tarmacadam was built beside Whitstable Harbour in 1936. The harbour gradually fell...
until the motorcar arrived on the scene in the early 20th century. Modern tarmacadam was patented by British civil engineer Edgar Purnell Hooley, who noticed...
Junior A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the RCM Tarmacadam Carbery Junior A Hurling Championship) is an annual club hurling competition...
287,000 spectators in its heyday. Owing to the complications of laying tarmacadam on banking, and the expense of laying asphalt, the track was built in...
Patent) Syndicate Limited in 1903. A distinguishing feature of the new Tarmacadam product was that it contained cheap blast furnace slag, a steelworks by-product...
Trailheads Limerick, Tralee Use Cycling and walking Season Any Surface Tarmacadam (Limerick Greenway), Mud track (North Kerry Greenway) Website www.southerntrail...
changed its name to Montchoisi Lawn Tennis Club, it also built six new tarmacadam tennis courts. In 1925 eight new clay courts were built. The Lausanne...
important with a flour mill, and china clay and stone traffic, and a tarmacadam plant. The china clay works near the station closed in 2008–09. Public...
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