John Loudon McAdam
Scottish engineer and road-builder (1756–1836)
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Updated 2026-06-18
John Loudon McAdam was a Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. He invented a new process, "macadamisation", for building roads with a smooth hard surface, using controlled materials of mixed particle size and predetermined structure, that would be more durable and less muddy than soil-based tracks.
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