Show iron roads for england A number of cast iron roads are to tie be laid in england following success full experiments with short sections the advantages of such roads are said to be that they are guaranteed to wear about twice as well as stone and three times as well as wood that the short projections on the surface of the metal prevent skidding and that british iron can be used instead of foreign materials the cost of building iron roads is reported to be the same as for the best wooden paving the metal Is laid not in long sheets but by putting triangular castings on a cement base |