foot pavement
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By talking and writing on the subject I was at length instrumental in getting the street paved with stone between the market and the bricked foot pavement that was on each side next the houses.
From Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) by Franklin, Benjamin
Broad foot pavement raised nine inches or a foot above the carriage way, running along the whole length of the Street of Tombs.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
On the Quai de Bourbon, in front of his door, he looked up, full of surprise on seeing a cab waiting at the edge of the foot pavement, and barring his way.
From His Masterpiece by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
Policeman Ellis, C 91, saw the Marquis, with two or three other persons and a woman in his cab, driving down the Haymarket, and committing the insane freak of making the foot pavement his road.
From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John
The macadam road was of insufficient width for supporting a 16 foot pavement, which condition required widening of the grade, re-ditching and the placing of extra crushed rock for base.
From Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 by Benson, S.
