12-03-2013, 07:35 AM
Puddlejumper Wrote:Does anybody know when salt came into common use as an anti-freeze for roads and sidewalks?
Dave
Looks like post WWII when the infrastructure use began to turn from railways to roads...
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Prior to that is was plowing and sand or cinders. And back in the horse and buggy/cutter days, the snow was actually packed on the road so the runners would slide easier. I have read reports of the roads in Ottawa being several feet higher than the sidewalks and general "ground" level!
Andrew