Watertown Plank Road - Milwaukee, WI
N 43° 02.527 W 087° 57.753
16T E 421597 N 4765941
The Watertown Plank Road ran 53 miles from Watertown to Milwaukee. State St in Milwaukee roughly follows the path of the road.
Waymark Code: WM2342
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2007
Views: 71
Text from the marker located at 40th & State Sts reads:
"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"
Type: Plank Road
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