Title

Laying an asphalt-based surface in a Paris street, c1900. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Laying an asphalt-based surface in a Paris street, c1900. Sand is being spread to stop the surface from adhering to traffic until set. Workmen are cleaning and heating their tools in brazier. Raw asphalt is found in natural deposits and is also a by-product of the petroleum and coal-tar industries. Liebig trade card.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1900

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B64_379

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,0Mb (3,1Mb) / 13,6in x 8,6in / 4070 x 2574 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation animal road building buildings people male working work job man men animals horses horse street worker country French France sand Paris guy occupation tool color colour lane cleaning avenue spreading advertising workmen workman location tarmac century profession labourer concept roadworks heating asphalt metaphor road Transport 19th century Men at Work Ile-de-France 1900s 20th century nineteenth century resurfacing workers Oxford Science Archive brazier horse and cart horse-drawn vehicle road repairs road-mending TGN work in progress chromolithograph Unknown chromolithograph