Old Photo - Old Plank Road, Imperial Valley, California, 1915

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Saturday, August 31, 2013 - 10:40 am:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Derek Kiefer - Mantorville, MN on Saturday, August 31, 2013 - 10:48 am:

Interesting car... 1913 with a V-radiator and electric lights, and a gas spotlight. The tires look too big to be 30x3, so I'm guessing it has Firestone demountables on it too, but I don't see a spare.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Hoshield on Saturday, August 31, 2013 - 11:11 am:

That's a serious 'searchlight' on it, with what appears to be a sizable cable to it!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tony Bowker on Saturday, August 31, 2013 - 11:36 am:

I have never been able to reconcile the number of railway ties used on the plank road to the length of the road. This picture provides a reasonable explanation in that the plank road was only over the worst sections, as shown in this picture.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Norman T. Kling on Saturday, August 31, 2013 - 11:46 am:

There is a section of the old plank road in the Auto museum in Balboa Park, San Diego. Many years ago when we would drive through that area, there were still some planks visible in the distance.
Norm


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Saturday, August 31, 2013 - 12:31 pm:

The last time I drove that section of I-80 there were still some remnants of the plank road visible from the freeway.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Henry Petrino in Modesto, CA on Saturday, August 31, 2013 - 12:57 pm:

I'm a little confused - If the photo was taken in the Imperial Valley, am I correct in thinking that I-80 is nowhere nearby? Perhaps you meant I-8?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Haworth - El Centro, CA. on Saturday, August 31, 2013 - 04:21 pm:

Old Highway 80 was changed to I-8 in the early sixties.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Dallas TX on Saturday, August 31, 2013 - 08:03 pm:

It was US 80 - Not Interstate 80 (I80) which we know today.


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