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Dec 1909
Has Experience Demonstrated that the Oiling of Roads is the Most Satisfactory or Economical Method of Preventing Dust and Preserving the Road Surface?
Authors: S. Whinery, M.ASCE, and G. S. Davison, M.ASCEAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 65, Issue 4
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We have now had sufficient experience with the use of oils and tars for dust prevention and road preservation to make it worth while to take stock of the facts available, to consider their import, and to form some tentative conclusions as to the efficiency and economy of the process. Only one other process or method of accomplishing the same results is available for comparison, and that is watering or sprinkling. It is true that modifications of these two leading methods have been used more or less. Among these is the use of a solution of some deliquescent salt in water, and an emulsion of oil in water; but while these have each been reported as having given satisfactory results in a number of cases, it can hardly be claimed that their use is general or extensive, and the verdict of experience is mostly against them. In any event, it may be said that they are only modifications of the two primary methods, and there is good reason to believe that none of them will be found more satisfactory or, on the whole, more economical than the use of oil or water alone.
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