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When was salt first used on roads - L'escargot
I seem to recall that in my younger days only grit was spread on the roads in winter, and it was spread manually by being shovelled out of the back of a lorry. I don't remember this technique resulting in any great problems. When was salt first used, and when did mechanised spreading start?

Edited by L'escargot on 31/12/2009 at 08:09

When was salt first used on roads - Andrew-T
Can't give any exact dates, but well over 30 years. When I worked at ICI, the winter demand for road salt was a significant 'wet-finger' guess for the annual profit plan, and naturally a 'bad' winter was hoped for. Unless perhaps one had to commute from Buxton to mid-Cheshire every day ...
When was salt first used on roads - bathtub tom
It was certainly being used in the early '70s (sorry, that's 1970s for pedants).

I had an olive green car that became black when damp, but white when dry, after long journies.
When was salt first used on roads - Mick Snutz
I wonder whether the Romans used it. After all they got paid using salt and mined in within Cheshire.

Apart from that what have the Romans ever done for us?

;-)
When was salt first used on roads - ifithelps
...Apart from that what have the Romans ever done for us?...

Given us the phrase: "Worth his salt."

When was salt first used on roads - perro
>>> Given us the phrase: "Worth his salt." <<<

Hence the word salary, so they would hardly have thrown their wages on the frog & toads.
When was salt first used on roads - Andrew-T
What have the Romans ever done for us?


Gave us concrete, which we still occasionally use to build roads ...
When was salt first used on roads - L'escargot
........ well over 30 years.


That's relatively recent to me! I was wondering how soon it was after the severe winter of 1947!

Edited by L'escargot on 31/12/2009 at 14:00