The railroad itself was responsible for surveying, platting and founding the town. Oil City began platting extensive areas of land between 1869 and 1872. Plumb's duties were overseeing the platting and incorporation of the quickly growing area. The first use of the land after its formal platting was farmland. Evans capitalized further on his falls property by platting the town of Minneopa in 1870. The first school and churches followed by 1835, with platting completed in 1836. "Irk" exploded at Miles Platting, Lancashire. Hamble, Failsworth, Miles Platting and Newton Heath. Platting to the east, Ancoats to the south, and the River Irk to the west. Powell was born as Vincent Joseph Smith to Roman Catholic parents in Miles Platting, Manchester. Platting had previously formed part of the Manchester Platting seat. Platting and a search revealed West's watch. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway locomotive works were originally at Miles Platting, Manchester. A stationary engine was provided at Miles Platting to work the incline by rope. In the 1931 election, Clynes was one of the casualties, losing his Manchester Platting seat.