Watertown Plank Road Historical Marker
N 43° 02.527 W 087° 57.753
16T E 421597 N 4765941
Watertown Plank Road Historical Marker at the Miller Brewing Co. at the corner of 40th and State Streets in Milwaukee, WI
Waymark Code: WM21W9
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2007
Views: 25
"Started in 1848 and completed in 1853, extended 58 miles west from Milwaukee on a course roughly paralleling State Street past the Frederick Miller Plank Road Brewery through Wauwatosa, Pewaukee, and Oconomowoc to Watertown. The $110,000 road of white oak planks provided a route for farm products, wood, lime, and passenger vehicles. It cut round-trip travel time to three days, all at a toll of about one cent a mile.
Milwaukee County Historical Society 1965"
County: Milwaukee
Location: Building
MarkerID: 36
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