Laying the Nicolson Pavement in Mercer Street, New York, 1862, by E. & H.T. Anthony
Nicolson Pavement is a road surface material consisting of wooden blocks pioneered by Samuel Nicolson in the mid-eighteen hundreds.
Mercer Street today (not the exact same location)
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I love the fact that, as usual, there are plenty of people ’spectating' at the workers slaving away on the comstruction!
ReplyDeleteFascinating pic. As the link points out, the wood blocks (unsurprisingly) lacked durability, for street paving.
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