The fort was ordered rebuilt, this time with inferior cypress deal planking.
This 1-1/2 story plank-frame house was built c. 1830, using three inch planking as a frame.
Driveways had been washed out and planking was put down so that pumps could remove the water.
The timber was prized for furniture, joinery, boat planking, lining and piles in salt water.
Around 500 tons of concrete, with the steelwork and planking that should have supported it, dropped 40 ft into the river.
They had full lapstrake planking covering the sides, generally starting from the bilge strakes, and double-clenched iron nails for plank fastenings.
The frame was white oak, diagonally cross-braced with iron, planking and ceiling of hard pine, square fastened throughout.
He secured the barn door with a piece of planking and fell asleep.
