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C] <br />0 <br />According to Timothy Howard, the first experimental block of brick street <br />in South Bend was paved with common brick which nonetheless was found to be in <br />good condition when replaced in 1907. These bricks were from the Chapin <br />Brickyard which were located in what is now the western section of Leeper <br />Park. As noted above, the' city purchased machinery for the testing of paving <br />brick in 1905. The tables in the city engineer's report for that year which <br />indicated the results of these tests give some indication of the manufacturers <br />who's products <br />would have been preferred for such installations. Those <br />products actually installed in street projects during that year are indicated <br />in these tables as follow; Hadley, Hocking Valley, Indiana, Logan, <br />Nelsonville, and Poston. The pavers installed by both Barnes and Plummer in <br />1924 was Veedersburg brick. <br />Nationally, the use of brick as a street pavement peaked during the early <br />1920s when portland cement concrete was introduced for roadways, (27), but <br />South Bend had already made the transition to asphalt. During the ensuing <br />decades many of the brick streets of south bend have been altered. Many have <br />retained sections of brick pavement at the center while receiving aprons of <br />concrete at the sides where the street has been widened. At many busier <br />thoroughfares, the brick has been paved over or replaced with sheet "pavement, <br />usually of asphalt. Although some residential brick streets have been paved <br />over, the city has. for several years -had a policy of maintaining brick <br />pavements by relaying sections as needed. A syst%m of salvaging, storing, and <br />re -using historical brick paving materials is no -required. Approximately seven <br />and one half miles of brick pavement remain in use today (figure 3). <br />(26) South Bend Tribune. Feb. 17, 1953. <br />(27) Kelso, Harry B., with Dunn, Joy. "Preservation & Maintenance of Brick <br />Streets". Southwest Prologue Series. <br />page iL <br />
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