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Gorey said a byproduct of the proposed plant will be a black, lava-like substance, which can be granulated for road-bed use or air blown for industrial insulation.
Susan Buchanan: New Orleans East Residents Oppose Garbage Processing Plant Susan Buchanan 2010
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He struck the road-bed squarely, with his legs loose and lifeless beneath him.
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Gorey said a byproduct of the proposed plant will be a black, lava-like substance, which can be granulated for road-bed use or air blown for industrial insulation.
Susan Buchanan: New Orleans East Residents Oppose Garbage Processing Plant Susan Buchanan 2010
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Gorey said a byproduct of the proposed plant will be a black, lava-like substance, which can be granulated for road-bed use or air blown for industrial insulation.
Susan Buchanan: New Orleans East Residents Oppose Garbage Processing Plant Susan Buchanan 2010
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Yes, the road-bed was paved, al la the Seattle Transit tunnel.
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At every turn we eagerly hoped to meet the hand-car, but it never came, and we jolted on from tie to tie for eleven weary miles, reaching Cowan after midnight, exhausted and sore in every muscle from frequent falls on the rough, unballasted road-bed.
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The side-tracks along the road-bed over which he was speeding became more and more numerous, the telegraph-poles more and more hung with arms and strung smoky-thick with wires.
The Titan 2004
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When I got up to the road-bed, the man was standing there waiting for me.
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973
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An example is the 24,000 miles of Canadian National rightof-way which must be maintained, fenced, kept clear of* weeds and snow, drained and taxes paid, regardless of the number of cars or trains which move over the road-bed.
Realism or Fatalism 1962
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The twistings of the road-bed, so advantageous for presenting the varied loveliness of the wilds, were by way of being a real torture to the young adventurer, who sat in seeming stolidity near the rear door of the smoking-car, with the black bag between his feet.
Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily
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