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
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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 ...
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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.
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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?
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...Apart from that what have the Romans ever done for us?...
Given us the phrase: "Worth his salt."
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>>> Given us the phrase: "Worth his salt." <<<
Hence the word salary, so they would hardly have thrown their wages on the frog & toads.
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What have the Romans ever done for us?
Gave us concrete, which we still occasionally use to build roads ...
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........ 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
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