Perrysville Plank Road Toll House at West View

1935/1980

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Perrysville Plank Road Toll House at West View

Title
Perrysville Plank Road Toll House at West View
Creator
Charles F. Roth
Identifier
MSP285.B012.F02.I01
Source Identifier
MSP285.B012.F02.I01
Description
In 1849 a group of businessmen organized a company to develop the Perrysville and Zelienople Turnpike or “Plank Road.” Planked roads at that time had timber planking laid across low-lying stretches so horses and wagons could travel easily during rainy weather. The route of the Plank Road appears to have paralleled and in some places crisscrossed the Pittsburgh-Mercer Road (opened in 1805). The route from Warrendale north followed Dutilh Road (old Perry Highway) to the present site of the Doyle Equipment Company. From there the road forked off from the Pittsburgh-Mercer Road to merge into what is now Route 19 north to North Boundary Road. The businessmen soon discovered that operating a turnpike was more demanding than collecting tolls and raising and lowering tollgates. Maintenance costs, toll-keeper wages, and other expenses eventually forced their company into bankruptcy.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Perrysville Plank Road (West View, Pa.)
Perrysville Plank Road Toll House (West View, Pa.)
Roads, Plank--Pennsylvania--West View.
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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