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Not a
road
that rolls
, but a road
for rolling
.
In the areas of
Colonial America
where
Tobacco
was grown
1
, roads were generally terrible. The only feasible way to get around, and to transport agricultural products, was by
raft
or
boat
.
Now, this still left the tobacco farmer the problem of getting tobacco to an entry port. Now, after the tobacco was harvested
2
, huge barrels called "
hogshead
s", 8 feet in diameter and 10 feet high, would be built
3
, and then packed
3
full of tobacco.
That's a mighty big barrel to haul by wagon. So special roads were built
3
from the tobacco
plantation
s down to the entry ports, an extremely gentle grade, downhill all the way. At harvest time, the hogsheads would be rolled, either pulled by oxen or manually pushed
3
all the way.
Rolling roads were the first decent roads in places like
Maryland
and
Virginia
. Some of them grew into the first
turnpike
s, while others simply hung around. The courses of several old rolling roads are followed by heavily-traveled roads today. "Rolling Road" in
Catonsville
was used to roll hogsheads down to the tobacco port near present-day
Relay, Maryland
.
1
Pretty much everywhere, this being the only thing that
factor
s in back in
Mother England
would pay for.
2
Not by the planter, of course, but by his
indentured servant
s, or even more economically,
slaves
.
3
See note 2.
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