Chiques Tunnel - early view from the 1880's looking south note the light rails of that perios. Tunnel built 1849 - 1850 by the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster Railroad. Line officially opened to Portsmouth (now Middletown) on Tuesday October 1, 1850.
John Kevinski, teacher in Lancaster Public Schools about year 1889, with fishing rod and dog at the weighlock on the canal at York Furnace. George W. Gibbs, the confectioner, was born in this building in 1859. His father was the weighmaster at this lock during the Civil War.