a high strength bar and means and method of manufacture particularly suited for use as railroad crossties , planking , posts , beams , poles or the like , comprising woven fabric webs forming multiple laminations bonded by a high strength bonding agent , the fabric web laminations extending longitudinally of the bar and folded back and forth in the course of manufacture , then compressed and the bonding agent cured , the ratio of fabric to bonding agent ranging from 50 % to 90 %. multiple laminations of fabric , with different weave patterns arranged to increase the strength of the bar may be applied simultaneously .