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John Loudon McAdam

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Gender Male
Death188 years ago
Date of birth September 23,1756
Zodiac sign Libra
Born Ayr
United Kingdom
Date of died November 26,1836
DiedMoffat
United Kingdom
NationalityScottish
Children James Nicoll McAdam
John Loudon McAdam
Parents Susanna Cochrane
James McAdam
James McAdam Esquire
Job Civil engineer
BooksRemarks on the Present System of Road Making
Observations on the Management of Trusts for the Care of Turnpike Roads . . . . . . : And Upon the Nature and Effect of the Present Road Law of this Kingdom . . .
Signific advancMacadamisation
Current partner Anne Charlotte Delancey
Gloria Margaretta Nicoll
Grandchildren James McAdam
Great grandchild James John Loudon McAdam
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John Loudon McAdam was a Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. He invented a new process, "macadamisation", for building roads with a smooth hard surface, using controlled materials of mixed particle size and predetermined structure, that would be more durable and less muddy than soil-based tracks.

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