Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1895 — Clinker Paving. [ARTICLE]

Clinker Paving.

A new road-making material is produced at Hornsey, a suburb oi London, by collecting and burning the dirt of the district, which leaves considerable residue in the shape of clinker. The coarser of this is an excellent material for road making. The fin.er clinker is put into a mortar mill and mixed with linqe or cement-, and used as mortar and grouting. There ■S still a great deal of clinker left, and this is mixed with a fair quantity of Portland cement, piaking excellent paving stones, at ai>but half the cost of those purchased from the patent stone makers. A section of Southwood lane, Highgate, at the entrance to the railway station, has been paved with this material, and is said to Fear exceedingly well.