Photograph- "New" gas works, constructed by the Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company in 1879, located along Mill Street, southeast of the "old" gas works which it replaced. Buildings shown are all that remain.
Photograph- "New" gas works, constructed by the Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company in 1879, located along Mill Street, southeast of the "old" gas works which it replaced. Buildings shown are all that remain.
Description
"New" gas works, constructed by the Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company in 1879, located along Mill Street, southeast of the "old" gas works which it replaced. Buildings shown are all that remain.
The Bowman Technical School was founded by watchmaker Ezra F. Bowman in 1887 to teach the trade of watchmaking and engraving. During World War I, the Bowman Technical School trained soldiers to repair delicate aviation and naval instruments.
Follmer, Clogg and Company building, built 1890 - 1892, 254 - 260 West King Street. Originally built as an umbrella factory, later Van Sciver building, now apartments.
Provenance
Album of 35 mm slides of buildings in Lancaster County designed by architecht C. Emlen Urban. Slides taken by Carol Morgan for a lecture for the Torch Club in June 2002.
