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Skid Row origins

The term “skid row” takes its name from the run-down saloons and boarding houses near the skid roads of western logging camps.

Source – Modern Marvels Episode: Logging Tech

A skid road was a corduroy road made of logs, used to skid or drag felled trees through the woods or bog to the saw mill.

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