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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/US_Navy_090513-N-1060K-122_Ship_restorers_Chris_Hanlon%2C_bottom%2C_and_Paul_Chiasson_line_up_a_new_plank_of_white_oak_along_USS_Constitution%27s_starboard_side.jpg/255px-US_Navy_090513-N-1060K-122_Ship_restorers_Chris_Hanlon%2C_bottom%2C_and_Paul_Chiasson_line_up_a_new_plank_of_white_oak_along_USS_Constitution%27s_starboard_side.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/US_Navy_090513-N-1060K-122_Ship_restorers_Chris_Hanlon%2C_bottom%2C_and_Paul_Chiasson_line_up_a_new_plank_of_white_oak_along_USS_Constitution%27s_starboard_side.jpg/340px-US_Navy_090513-N-1060K-122_Ship_restorers_Chris_Hanlon%2C_bottom%2C_and_Paul_Chiasson_line_up_a_new_plank_of_white_oak_along_USS_Constitution%27s_starboard_side.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2100" /></a><figcaption>A plank used in the repair of a ship</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>plank</b> is <a href="/wiki/Timber" class="mw-redirect" title="Timber">timber</a> that is flat, elongated, and rectangular with parallel faces that are higher and longer than wide.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Used primarily in <a href="/wiki/Carpentry" title="Carpentry">carpentry</a>, planks are critical in the construction of <a href="/wiki/Ship" title="Ship">ships</a>, <a href="/wiki/House" title="House">houses</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bridge" title="Bridge">bridges</a>, and many other structures.<sup id="cite_ref-Gibson2005_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gibson2005-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Planks also serve as supports to form <a href="/wiki/Shelf_(storage)" title="Shelf (storage)">shelves</a> and <a href="/wiki/Table_(furniture)" title="Table (furniture)">tables</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sandakan_Sabah_Sawmill-20.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Sandakan_Sabah_Sawmill-20.jpg/220px-Sandakan_Sabah_Sawmill-20.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Sandakan_Sabah_Sawmill-20.jpg/330px-Sandakan_Sabah_Sawmill-20.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Sandakan_Sabah_Sawmill-20.jpg/440px-Sandakan_Sabah_Sawmill-20.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5691" data-file-height="3794" /></a><figcaption>Cutting a log into planks in a <a href="/wiki/Sawmill" title="Sawmill">sawmill</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Usually made from sawed timber, planks are usually more than <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in (38 mm) thick, and are generally wider than <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in (64 mm). In the United States, planks can be any length and are generally a minimum of 2×8 (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in × <span class="frac">7<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in or 38 mm × 184 mm), but planks that are 2×10 (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in × <span class="frac">9<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in or 38 mm × 235 mm) and 2×12 (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in × <span class="frac">11<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> in or 38 mm × 286 mm) are more commonly stocked by lumber retailers. Planks are often used as a work surface on elevated <a href="/wiki/Scaffolding" title="Scaffolding">scaffolding</a>, and need to be wide enough to provide strength without breaking when walked on. The wood is categorized as a <a href="/wiki/Lumber#Dimensional_lumber" title="Lumber">board</a> if its width is less than <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in (64 mm), and its thickness is less than <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in (38 mm). </p><p>A plank used in a building as a horizontal supporting member that runs between foundations, walls, or beams to support a ceiling or floor is called a <a href="/wiki/Joist" title="Joist">joist</a>. </p><p>The plank was the basis of <a href="/wiki/Maritime_transport" title="Maritime transport">maritime transport</a>: wood floats on <a href="/wiki/Water" title="Water">water</a>, and abundant forests meant wooden logs could be easily obtained and processed, making planks the primary material in <a href="/wiki/Ship_building" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship building">ship building</a>. However, since the 20th century, wood has largely been supplanted in ship construction by <a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron">iron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steel" title="Steel">steel</a>, to decrease cost and improve durability.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plank_(wood)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dufferin_Terrace_boardwalk_with_booksellers_tents_and_Chateau_Frontenac_behind_2005.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Plank boardwalk, Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City, Canada"><img alt="Plank boardwalk, Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City, Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dufferin_Terrace_boardwalk_with_booksellers_tents_and_Chateau_Frontenac_behind_2005.jpg/120px-Dufferin_Terrace_boardwalk_with_booksellers_tents_and_Chateau_Frontenac_behind_2005.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dufferin_Terrace_boardwalk_with_booksellers_tents_and_Chateau_Frontenac_behind_2005.jpg/180px-Dufferin_Terrace_boardwalk_with_booksellers_tents_and_Chateau_Frontenac_behind_2005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dufferin_Terrace_boardwalk_with_booksellers_tents_and_Chateau_Frontenac_behind_2005.jpg/240px-Dufferin_Terrace_boardwalk_with_booksellers_tents_and_Chateau_Frontenac_behind_2005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Plank <a href="/wiki/Boardwalk" title="Boardwalk">boardwalk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dufferin_Terrace" class="mw-redirect" title="Dufferin Terrace">Dufferin Terrace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Two-plank_footbridge_to_stairs_across_water.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Plank footbridge, Thailand"><img alt="Plank footbridge, Thailand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Two-plank_footbridge_to_stairs_across_water.jpg/105px-Two-plank_footbridge_to_stairs_across_water.jpg" decoding="async" width="105" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Two-plank_footbridge_to_stairs_across_water.jpg/157px-Two-plank_footbridge_to_stairs_across_water.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Two-plank_footbridge_to_stairs_across_water.jpg/210px-Two-plank_footbridge_to_stairs_across_water.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Plank <a href="/wiki/Footbridge" title="Footbridge">footbridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Capitol_Dome_Restoration_-_Early_October_2014_(15275286649).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Planks on construction scaffold, Washington, DC, US"><img alt="Planks on construction scaffold, Washington, DC, US" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Capitol_Dome_Restoration_-_Early_October_2014_%2815275286649%29.jpg/120px-Capitol_Dome_Restoration_-_Early_October_2014_%2815275286649%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Capitol_Dome_Restoration_-_Early_October_2014_%2815275286649%29.jpg/180px-Capitol_Dome_Restoration_-_Early_October_2014_%2815275286649%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Capitol_Dome_Restoration_-_Early_October_2014_%2815275286649%29.jpg/240px-Capitol_Dome_Restoration_-_Early_October_2014_%2815275286649%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1663" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Planks on <a href="/wiki/Construction" title="Construction">construction</a> <a href="/wiki/Scaffolding" title="Scaffolding">scaffold</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_DC" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington, DC">Washington, DC</a>, US</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FIRST_FLOOR,_NOTCHES_IN_JOISTS_FOR_SHAFTING._-_Slater_Mill,_Pawtucket,_Providence_County,_RI_HAER_RI,4-PAWT,3-26.tif" class="mw-file-description" title="Historic plank floor joists, Slater Mill, Rhode Island, US"><img alt="Historic plank floor joists, Slater Mill, Rhode Island, US" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/FIRST_FLOOR%2C_NOTCHES_IN_JOISTS_FOR_SHAFTING._-_Slater_Mill%2C_Pawtucket%2C_Providence_County%2C_RI_HAER_RI%2C4-PAWT%2C3-26.tif/lossy-page1-113px-FIRST_FLOOR%2C_NOTCHES_IN_JOISTS_FOR_SHAFTING._-_Slater_Mill%2C_Pawtucket%2C_Providence_County%2C_RI_HAER_RI%2C4-PAWT%2C3-26.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/FIRST_FLOOR%2C_NOTCHES_IN_JOISTS_FOR_SHAFTING._-_Slater_Mill%2C_Pawtucket%2C_Providence_County%2C_RI_HAER_RI%2C4-PAWT%2C3-26.tif/lossy-page1-169px-FIRST_FLOOR%2C_NOTCHES_IN_JOISTS_FOR_SHAFTING._-_Slater_Mill%2C_Pawtucket%2C_Providence_County%2C_RI_HAER_RI%2C4-PAWT%2C3-26.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/FIRST_FLOOR%2C_NOTCHES_IN_JOISTS_FOR_SHAFTING._-_Slater_Mill%2C_Pawtucket%2C_Providence_County%2C_RI_HAER_RI%2C4-PAWT%2C3-26.tif/lossy-page1-225px-FIRST_FLOOR%2C_NOTCHES_IN_JOISTS_FOR_SHAFTING._-_Slater_Mill%2C_Pawtucket%2C_Providence_County%2C_RI_HAER_RI%2C4-PAWT%2C3-26.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4026" data-file-height="5000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Historic plank floor <a href="/wiki/Joist" title="Joist">joists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slater_Mill_Historic_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="Slater Mill Historic Site">Slater Mill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>, US</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 170px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Trasport_de_planches_dans_pousse_%C3%A0_Douala.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Transport of planks with a hand cart in Douala, Cameroon"><img alt="Transport of planks with a hand cart in Douala, Cameroon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Trasport_de_planches_dans_pousse_%C3%A0_Douala.jpg/120px-Trasport_de_planches_dans_pousse_%C3%A0_Douala.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Trasport_de_planches_dans_pousse_%C3%A0_Douala.jpg/180px-Trasport_de_planches_dans_pousse_%C3%A0_Douala.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Trasport_de_planches_dans_pousse_%C3%A0_Douala.jpg/240px-Trasport_de_planches_dans_pousse_%C3%A0_Douala.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2250" data-file-height="2393" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Transport of planks with a <a href="/wiki/Hand_cart" class="mw-redirect" title="Hand cart">hand cart</a> in <a href="/wiki/Douala" title="Douala">Douala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a> </div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coverboard">Coverboard</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plank_(wood)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Coverboard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A plank that covers a <a href="/wiki/Third_rail#Safety" title="Third rail">third rail</a> as a protection for those who fall off a <a href="/wiki/Railway_platform" title="Railway platform">platform</a> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. 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