Editing Macadam (section)

===John McAdam===
John Loudon McAdam was born in [[Ayr]], Scotland, in 1756. In 1787, he became a trustee of the Ayrshire Turnpike in the [[Scottish Lowlands]] and during the next seven years his hobby became an obsession. He moved to [[Bristol]], England, in 1802 and became a Commissioner for Paving in 1806.<ref name="Bio"/> On 15 January 1816, he was elected [[surveyor general]] of roads for the Bristol [[turnpike trust]] and was responsible for 149 miles of road.<ref name="Bio"/> He then put his ideas about road construction into practice, the first 'macadamised' stretch of road being Marsh Road at Ashton Gate, Bristol.<ref name="Bio">A. W. Skempton (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: 1500–1830. p.416. Thomas Telford, 2002</ref> He also began to actively propagate his ideas in two booklets called ''Remarks (or Observations) on the Present System of Roadmaking'', (which ran nine editions between 1816 and 1827) and ''A Practical Essay on the Scientific Repair and Preservation of Public Roads,'' published in 1819.<ref name=McAdam1824>{{citation |year=1824 |author=McAdam, John Loudon |title= Remarks on the Present System of Road Making; With Observations, Deduced from Practice and Experience |edition=8th |place= London |publisher= Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a9RMAAAAYAAJ |access-date=26 September 2011}}</ref>