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Photographer: Howard C. Ohlhous
Taken: October 12, 2014
Caption: Old Plank Road on Display
Additional Description: This piece of the Old Plank Road is on display in the William W. Badgley Museum Annex of the Old Stone Fort in Schoharie. The display caption reads; "Section of plank from the "Old Plank Road" which began on the Western Turnpike (now N.Y.S. RT.20) nine miles west of Albany and in 1850 extended through Altamont, Gallupville, Schoharie, Warnerville, Richmondville and Summit to Charlotteville, a total distance of 45 miles. 8 foot planks were laid on 4x4 inch hemlock stringers upon one side of the graded highway at a cost of $ 380 per mile. Over this road a stage line was operated and the farmers hauled their grain..."
Submitted: October 12, 2014, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p288722
File Size: 2.547 Megabytes

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