A plank road is a road composed of wooden planks or puncheon logs, as an efficient technology for traversing soft, marshy, or otherwise difficult ground...
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The Old Plank Road is a plank road in Imperial County, California, that was built in 1915 as an east–west route over the Algodones Dunes. It effectively...
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and Major General Winfield S. Hancock's Union II Corps on the Orange Plank Road. Fighting, which ended for the evening because of darkness, was fierce...
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a plank road was constructed of wooden planks laid side-to-side on a roadbed. Similar roads, the Bergen Point Plank Road, the Hackensack Plank Road and...
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The Hackensack Plank Road, also known as Bergen Turnpike, was a major artery which connected the cities of Hoboken and Hackensack, New Jersey. Like its...
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Paterson Plank Road is a road that runs through Passaic, Bergen and Hudson Counties in northeastern New Jersey. The route, originally laid in the colonial...
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The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, also known as the First Battle of the Weldon Railroad, took place during the American Civil War fought June 21–23,...
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Chang'an, this road employed the plank road technique to secure pathways across cliffs and steep ravines. The construction of gallery roads was tailored...
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Seagrove, North Carolina (section Plank Road)
pottery museum. Construction of Plank Road began in 1849. Plank Road extended 129 miles (208 km) and was made of planks 8 feet (2.4 m) long, 9 to 16 inches...
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The Monmouth County Plank Road was a plank road in New Jersey, running north from Freehold to Keyport by way of Matawan. Its path is now roughly followed...
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The Plank Road Boom was an economic boom in the United States that lasted from 1844 to the mid 1850s, largely in the Eastern United States and New York...
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operate against the Boydton Plank Road and South Side Railroad. The initial Union advance on October 27 gained the Boydton Plank Road, a major campaign objective...
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"Weston Plank Road", a toll road of planks. The Weston Plank Road extended from Dundas Street north to Musson's Bridge over the Humber, where Albion Road began...
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Old Plank Road Trail may refer to: Old Plank Road Trail (Wisconsin), a trail in Fond du Lac County and Sheboygan County in Wisconsin Old Plank Road Trail...
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Westham, Virginia (section Westham Plank Road)
1851 the Virginia General Assembly chartered the Westham Plank Road Company to build a plank road from Westham to Richmond. This connected not only the Bateaux...
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U.S. Route 199 (redirect from Crescent City Plank Road and Turnpike Company)
majority of the road in California is the Smith River Scenic Byway, a National Forest Scenic Byway. The first roadway, a plank road, from Crescent City...
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the gallery roads, consisting of wooden planks erected on wooden or stone beams slotted into holes cut into the sides of cliffs. The roads join three adjacent...
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New Jersey Route 120 (category Infobox road instances in New Jersey)
surface road known as Paterson Plank Road, passing through industrial and commercial areas. In 1927, Route 3 was legislated along the Paterson Plank Road portion...
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is a beer produced by the Miller Brewing Company and is part of their Plank Road Brewery Family. The beer contains 4.8% alcohol by volume. It was introduced...
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The Battle of Boydton Plank Road (also known as Burgess Mill or First Hatcher's Run), fought on October 27–28, 1864, followed the Union Army's successful...
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Confederate supply lines to Petersburg, the South Side Railroad and the Boydton Plank Road, and possibly cut off all routes of retreat from Richmond and Petersburg...
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Battle of Lewis's Farm (redirect from Battle of Quaker Road)
held an important objective, a portion of the Boydton Plank Road at its junction with the Quaker Road. Within hours, Major General Philip Sheridan's cavalry...
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sides of the Plank Road. The advance south of the road reached as far as the churchyard, but was driven back. The attack north of the road could not break...
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The Houston Plank Road Company was formed in 1850 by businessmen with interests in Houston, Texas, including Thomas M. Bagby, Paul Bremond, Thomas William...
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Memphis and Hernando Plank Road was a toll road between Memphis, Tennessee, and Hernando, Mississippi, in the United States. The plank road was built and opened...
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was also "one of the first roads cut through (the woods) so people could start settling the area". The puncheon or plank road uses hewn boards instead...
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The Battle of White Oak Road, also known as The Battle of Hatcher's Run, Gravelly Run, Boydton Plank Road, White Oak Ridge was fought on March 31, 1865...
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Appomattox campaign (section White Oak Road line)
matched the Union works by extending their Boydton Plank Road Line to the south and their White Oak Road line to the west. With the additions, the lines...
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Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge (category Road bridges in New Jersey)
to upgrade and operate the toll road, which became known as the Newark Plank Road. Soon after, the "Newark Plank Road and Ferry Company" requested and...
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New York State Route 317 (redirect from Jordan and Skaneateles Plank Road)
known locally as Jordan Road and Main Street. The route was once part of the Jordan and Skaneateles Plank Road, a plank road established by a New York...
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