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A conman typically goes door-to-door, claiming to be a builder working on a contract who has some leftover tarmac, and offering to pave a driveway at a low cost. [2] [6]The paving is in fact often simply gravel chippings covered with engine oil, [2] or not the right depth and type of materials to form a lasting road surface. [3]
Tarmacadam is a concrete 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.
"Road metal" later became the name of stone chippings mixed with tar to form the road-surfacing material tarmac. A road of such material is called a " metalled road " in Britain, a " paved road " in Canada and the US, or a " sealed road " in parts of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Tarmac Group Limited was a British building materials company headquartered in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom.It produced road surfacing and heavy building materials including aggregates, concrete, cement and lime, as well as operating as a road construction and maintenance subcontractor.
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The Tarmac company was relaunched by Hickman in 1905. [1] [3] Hooley also undertook some military service, attaining the rank of second lieutenant in the 1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood) battalion on 12 March 1892, [8] then lieutenant on 23 June 1894, [9] and captain on 23 December 1896. [10] He resigned this commission on 26 March 1902. [11]