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Show WIRE MESH GOOD FOR ROADS British Army in Egypt Used Chicken. Wire in Building Temporary Routes in Sand. The British army in Egypt has used chicken-wire in the construction of roads. Loose sand was smoothed and leveled lev-eled and then covered with chicken-wire, chicken-wire, which was firmly pegged down. The passage of troops or motor transports seemed to affect the road very little, while the passage of animal-drawn vehicles damaged the Improvised Im-provised road badly. However, it was possible to make repairs quickly and the road was easily kept In good condition. con-dition. Of course this wire-mesh road was purely a temporary expedient for the military. The old Romans still hold tbe palm as the champion road-makers of the world. Many a foundation of the roads they made Is still In use In Europe, the surface alone being modern. |