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2. Quercus aliena - Wikipedia

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   The leaves are obovate to oblong, glabrous above, glabrous to densely grey-white hairy below, mostly 10–20 centimetres (4–8 inches) long and 5–14 cm (2– 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) wide (rarely up to 30 cm (12 in) long and 16 cm (6 in) wide), with 9 to 15 lobes on each side, and a 10–13 mm (3 ⁄ 8 – 1 ⁄ 2 in) petiole. The flowers monecious ...

3. Boydton and Petersburg Plank Road - Wikipedia

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   The Boydton and Petersburg Plank Road, built between 1851 and 1853, was the first all-weather route connecting Southside Virginia's tobacco and wheat farms with the market. Pine and oak planks, 8 feet [2.4 m] long, 1 foot [0.30 m] wide and 3 to 4 inches [7.6 to 10.2 cm] thick were laid across paralleled beams slanted toward a ditch.

4. Corlea Trackway - Wikipedia

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   Four, including Corlea 1, the Corlea Trackway proper, are corduroy roads, built from split planks laid on top of raised rails and suitable for wheeled traffic. The Corlea Trackway is made from oak planks 3 to 3.5 metres (9.8 to 11.5 ft) long and around 15 cm (5.9 in) thick laid on rails around 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in) apart.

5. Plank (wood) - Wikipedia

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   A plank used in the repair of a ship. A plank is timber that is flat, elongated, and rectangular with parallel faces that are higher and longer than wide. [1] Used primarily in carpentry, planks are critical in the construction of ships, houses, bridges, and many other structures. [2] Planks also serve as supports to form shelves and tables.

6. Amsterdam Wooden Drydock I - Wikipedia

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   The bottom of the dock was a raft. According to the plan it was to be made of pine planks that were 60 cm longer than the total beam of the dock, so they would not split from nails and bolts. The thickness of the planks was to be 30 cm. The planks were made out of so-called 70 feet pines, which were 52–56 cm wide in the middle.

7. Gokstad ship - Wikipedia

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   The garboard planks are narrow and remain only slightly wider to take the turn of the bilge. The topside planks are progressively wider. Each oak plank is slightly tapered in cross section to allow it to overlap about 30mm the plank above and below in normal clinker (lapstrake) style. Iron rivets are about 180 mm apart where the planks lie ...