McAdamization

English Etymology From en McAdamize ation. Noun - en macadamization. en 1831 w:John Greenleaf Whittier Legends of New England(1831) By John Greenleaf Whittier; A Facsimile Reproduction with an Introduction by John B. Pickard Gainesville, Fla. Scholars’ Facsimiles & Reprints 1965 64 https://archive.org/details/legendsofnewengl0000whit/page/64/mode/1up 65-12302 2211681 Ours is a matter-of-fact age—an age of steam and railway and McAdamization and labor-saving machinery—the poetry of Time has gone by forever, and we have only the sober prose left us. en 27 June 1863 Douglas French Forrest Running blockade at Charleston: May 27 – July 29, 1863 William Norwood Still, Jr. Odyssey in Gray: A Diary of Confederate Service, 1863–1865 Richmond, Va. Virginia State Library 1979 24 https://archive.org/details/odysseyingraydia0000forr/page/24/mode/1up 0-88490-005-3 Imagine a street much wider than Pennsylvania Avenue, smooth as McAdamization can render it, down whose length at regular intervals rise spreading trees — divide it into four avenues, each rejoicing in its Arch of leaves — if not as grand, at least as complete as that of Temple Street New Haven that used to excite my special wonder & enthusiasm. en 13 September 1873 Wayne County Turnpike Company The Richmond Times 1 40 Richmond, Ind. Times Printing Company 4 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1045608833/ 1 62726064 The road in this vicinity was graded, stone prepared along the line for McAdamization, along Main street it was paved, the bridge over Whitewater was built, &c. en 1995 Joseph Conan Thompson Vindication Willie Person Mangum: Politics and Pragmatism in the Age of Jackson Gainesville, Fla. w:University of Florida 288 https://archive.org/details/williepersonmang00thom/page/288/mode/1up 36199707 Ultimately, Whigs regarded the outcome with mixed emotions. As champions of state-funded internal improvements, they favored recommendations like railroad construction, turnpike McAdamization, and the dredging of rivers and harbors. en eponyms