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To our interested readers....
We've always believed that our block flooring products have an interesting history! Because they do! And so, we'd like to share some of it with you....
On March 19, 1845 Edgar Allen Poe wrote about street paving. The entire article is offered below. In case you don't have time to read the entire article, we quote from his article (fifth paragraph) the following, which we thought was interesting..."It is generally admitted, we believe, that as long as they last, the wooden pavements have the advantage over all others. They occasion little noise (we place this item first and are serious in so placing it as the most important consideration of all); they are kept clean with little labor; they save a great deal in horsepower; they are pleasant to the hoof, and thus save the health of the horse-as well as some twenty or thirty per cent in the wear and tear of vehicles-and as much more, in time, to all travellers through the increased rapidity of passage to and fro". I think he is saying they're also comfortable under our foot for us too!
Street-Paving by Edgar Allan Poe
(from www.eapoe.org)
Interesting to learn the origin of the word "milestone"!