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Old Posted Jun 27, 2013, 2:57 PM
bigguy1231 bigguy1231 is offline
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Originally Posted by pEte fiSt iN Ur fAce View Post
^Thanks for that. Yeah, it's shocking how much of the escarpment's been chipped away at over the decades and that's part of what makes visualizing the course of Strongman's Road so difficult. I do think the first incarnation extended from John and that they later re-routed it to link up with the Jolley Cut but I'll have to confirm that with an expert.
From what I remember about my Hamilton history that road never went directly down to John St. It turned back to John just like in the picture. From the historical maps that I have been looking at as early as 1875 the road always showed a cut back along Arkledun. It was a toll road at one time and the toll house is still there.
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