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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0880 I001
Date Range
1913
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1913
Year
1913
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0013
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Brecknock Twp.
Bridges
Creeks
Earl Twp.
East Cocalico Twp.
East Earl Twp.
Ephrata Twp.
Muddy Creek
Reports
Object Name
Report
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0880 I001
Box Number
013
Additional Notes
Document type: Condition of bridge reports.
1. Bridge No. 1
[Brecknock Twp. and East Earl Twp.]
2. Bridge No. 2
3. Bridge No. 3
[East Cocalico Twp. and Ephrata Twp.]
4. Bridge No. 4
[Earl Twp. and Ephrata Twp.]
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0880 I002
Date Range
1915
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1915
Year
1915
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0013
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Brecknock Twp.
Bridges
Creeks
Earl Twp.
East Earl Twp.
Ephrata Twp.
Muddy Creek
Reports
Terre Hill, East Earl Twp.
Object Name
Report
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0880 I002
Box Number
013
Additional Notes
Document type: Condition of bridge reports.
1. Bridge No. 1
[Brecknock Twp. and East Earl Twp.]
Location: At Terre Hill, East Earl Twp.
2. Bridge No. 4
[Earl Twp. and Ephrata Twp.]
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Condition of bridge reports
Object ID
Bridge F0880 I003
Date Range
1916
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Condition of bridge reports
Description
Document type: Condition of bridge reports.
1. Bridge No. 1
Good's Mill Bridge
[Brecknock Twp. and East Earl Twp.]
2. Bridge No. 2
Location: At Sensenig's Mill.
3. Bridge No. 3
Fry's Mill Bridge
[East Cocalico Twp. and Ephrata Twp.]
4. Bridge No. 4
[Earl Twp. and Ephrata Twp.]
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1916
Year
1916
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0013
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Brecknock Twp.
Bridges
Creeks
Earl Twp.
East Cocalico Twp.
East Earl Twp.
Ephrata Twp.
Fry's Mill
Fry's Mill Covered Bridge
Good's Mill
Good's Mill Bridge
Mills
Muddy Creek
Reports
Sensenig's Mill
Extent
4 items, 4 pieces
Object Name
Report
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0880 I003
Box Number
013
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0025 I011
Date Range
1913
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1913
Year
1913
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0001
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Beartown Road
Bridges
Caernarvon Twp.
Conestoga Creek
Creeks
Honey Brook Road
Mill Road
Public notices
Roads
Place
Caernarvon Twp.
Object Name
Notice, Legal
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0025 I011
Box Number
001
Additional Notes
[Caernarvon Twp.]
Location: On the Honey Brook Road, between the Beartown Road and the Mill Road.
Document type: Public notice of viewers.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
List of minor bridge repairs for township supervisors
Object ID
Bridge F0905 I003
Date Range
1919
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
List of minor bridge repairs for township supervisors
Description
Document type: List of minor bridge repairs for township supervisors.
1. Big Conestoga No. 24
[Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp.]
Location: Over Conestoga Creek at Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.
2. Chickies No. 6
[East Hempfield Twp. and Rapho Twp.]
Location: Over Chickies Creek at Shenk's Mill.
3. Chickies No. 3
[Penn Twp. and Rapho Twp.]
Location: Over Chickies Creek.
4. Little Chickies No. 2
[Mount Joy Twp. and Rapho Twp.]
Location: Over Little Chickies Creek.
5. Big Chickies No. 13
[East Donegal Twp. and West Hempfield Twp.]
6. Pequea No. 6
[Leacock Twp. and Paradise Twp.]
Location: Over Pequea Creek at Parkes' Nursery.
7. Pequea No. 8
Location: Over Pequea Creek.
8. Mill Creek No. 2.75
[East Lampeter Twp.]
Location: Over Mill Creek, first bridge above Yeates' School.
9. Raccoon Creek Bridge
Little Britain Twp. and [Chester County]
Location: Over Raccoon Creek near Kinseyville, Little Britain Twp.
10. Hammer Creek No. 2
[Ephrata Twp. and Warwick Twp.]
Location: Over Hammer Creek.
11. Cocalico No. 3
[Ephrata Twp.]
Location: Over Cocalico Creek at quarry south of Ephrata.
12. Conestoga No. 1
Caernarvon Twp.
Location: Over Conestoga Creek near Churchtown, Caernarvon Twp.
13. Bridge No. 23
Location: Over [Conestoga Creek] at Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
14. Conewago No. 2
[Lancaster County and Dauphin County]
Location: Over Conewago Creek.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1919
Year
1919
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0013
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Big Chickies Bridge
Big Conestoga Bridge
Bridges
Caernarvon Twp.
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Chickies Bridge
Chickies Creek
Chiques Creek
Churchtown, Caernarvon Twp.
Cocalico Bridge
Cocalico Creek
Conestoga Bridge
Conestoga Creek
Conestoga Twp.
Conewago Bridge
Conewago Creek
Creeks
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
East Donegal Twp.
East Hempfield Twp.
East Lampeter Twp.
Ephrata
Ephrata Twp.
Hammer Creek
Hammer Creek Bridge
Kinseyville, Little Britain Twp.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Leacock Twp.
Lists
Little Britain Twp.
Little Chickies Bridge
Little Chiques Bridge
Little Chiques Creek
Little Chickies Creek
Manor Twp.
Mills
Mill Creek
Mill Creek Bridge
Mount Joy Twp.
Nurseries
Paradise Twp.
Parkes' Nursery
Penn Twp.
Pequea Bridge
Pequea Creek
Quarries
Raccoon Creek
Raccoon Creek Bridge
Rapho Twp.
Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.
Shenk's Mill
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Warwick Twp.
West Hempfield Twp.
Yeates School
Extent
1 item, 2 pieces
Object Name
List
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0905 I003
Box Number
013
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Condition of bridge reports
Object ID
Bridge F0825 I007
Date Range
1916
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Condition of bridge reports
Description
Document type: Condition of bridge reports
1. Bridge No. 13
Talmage Bridge
[West Earl Twp.]
2. Bridge No. 14
Bushong's Mill Bridge
[Manheim Twp. and Upper Leacock Twp.]
3. Bridge No. 15
Pinetown Bridge
4. Bridge No. 16
Hunsecker's [Mill] Bridge
5. Bridge No. 18.5
Witmer's Bridge
[East Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]
6. Bridge No. 19
Factory Bridge
[Lancaster City and West Lampeter Twp.]
7. Bridge No. 21
[Lancaster Twp. and Pequea Twp.]
8. Bridge No. 23
Slackwater Bridge
[Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp.]
9. Bridge No. 24
Rock Hill Bridge
10. Bridge No. 25
Safe Harbor Bridge
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1916
Year
1916
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0013
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Bushong's Mill
Bushong's Mill Bridge
Conestoga Creek
Conestoga Twp.
Creeks
East Lampeter Twp.
Factory Bridge
Hunsecker's Mill
Hunsecker's Covered Bridge
Lancaster
Lancaster Twp.
Manheim Twp.
Manor Twp.
Pequea Twp.
Pinetown Bridge
Reports
Rock Hill Bridge
Safe Harbor Bridge
Slackwater Bridge
Talmage Bridge
Upper Leacock Twp.
West Earl Twp.
West Lampeter Twp.
Witmer's Bridge
Extent
10 items,10 pieces
Object Name
Report
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0825 I007
Box Number
013
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone A
Object ID
Bridge F0905 I004
Date Range
1919
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone A
Description
Document type: Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone A.
1. Conewago No. 3
Conoy Twp. and [Dauphin County]
Location: Over Conewago Creek, 1 mile above Falmouth, Conoy Twp.
2. Conoy No. 1
Conoy Twp.
Location: Over Conoy Creek, 2 miles south of [Lobata], Conoy Twp.
3. Conoy No. 2
Location: Over Conoy Creek, at [Lobato], Conoy Twp.
4. Little Chickies No. 1
[Mount Joy Twp. and Rapho Twp.]
Location: Over Little Chickies Creek, south of Milton Grove, Mount Joy Twp.
5. Little Chickies No. 3
Location: Over Little Chickies Creek at Horst's Mill.
6. Little Chickies No. 5
Location: Over Little Chickies Creek near southeast corner of Mount Joy.
7. Little Chickies No. 7
[East Donegal Twp. Twp. and Rapho Twp.]
Location: Over Little Chickies Creek near junction with Chickies Creek.
8. Chickies No. 9
[Rapho Twp. and West Hempfield Twp.]
Location: Over Chickies Creek on road from Lancaster and Marietta to Drytown, Rapho Twp.
9. Chickies no. 7.5
Location: Over Chickies Creek at Moor's Mill.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1919
Year
1919
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0013
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Chickies Bridge
Chickies Creek
Chiques Creek
Conewago Bridge
Conewago Creek
Conoy Bridge
Conoy Creek
Conoy Twp.
Creeks
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Drytown, Rapho Twp.
East Donegal Twp.
Falmouth, Conoy Twp.
Horst's Mill
Lancaster
Little Chickies Bridge
Little Chiques Bridge
Little Chickies Creek
Little Chiques Creek
Lobata, Conoy Twp.
Marietta
Mills
Milton Grove, Mount Joy Twp.
Moore's Mill
Mount Joy
Mount Joy Twp.
Rapho Twp.
Specifications
West Hempfield Twp.
Extent
1 item, 6 pieces
Object Name
Specification
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0905 I004
Box Number
013
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Columbia Bridge Company Collection
Title
Columbia Bridge Company Collection
Object ID
MG0217
Date Range
1809-1843
-1820, 1822. Folder 55 3 bonds and 3 bond forms. 1814, 1820 Folder 56 Bridge stock accounts of Edward Wilson, William Dickson, and others with the first Bridge Company 1814-1818. Folder 57 Financial papers related to the first bridge including an accounting of stage tolls due by Samuel Slaymaker. 1814
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Collection
Columbia Bridge Company Collection
Title
Columbia Bridge Company Collection
Description
The Columbia Bridge Company Collection is a valuable source of information concerning construction of bridges in the early 1800s. Documents concern the building of the first two bridges across the Susquehanna River in 1814 and 1832. Items in the collection include minutes, form for stock certificate, invoices, legal papers, proposals, receipts, stockholders, promissory notes, by-laws, settlement of stage tolls with Samuel Slaymaker 1813, salary receipts, circulars and announcements, bridge tolls, orders for payment, correspondence, and a stock certificate from 1842
Admin/Biographical History
First Bridge
Construction of the first Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge was begun in 1812 and completed December 5, 1814, by J. Wolcott, H. Slaymaker, S. Slaymaker at a total cost of $231,771, which was underwritten by the newly formed Columbia Bank and Bridge Company. The bridge was 5,690 feet (1,730 m) long and 30 feet (9.1 m) wide and had 54 piers and twin carriageways. Constructed of wood and stone, the covered bridge also included a wooden roof, a whitewashed interior and openings in its wooden sides to view the river and surrounding areas. It was considered the longest covered bridge in the world at the time. The bridge accommodated east-west traffic across the Susquehanna River for 14 years before being destroyed by ice, high water and severe weather on February 5, 1832.
Second bridge
Construction of the second Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, also covered, started mid-1832 and was completed in 1834 (opening on July 8, 1834) by James Moore and John Evans at a cost of $157,300. It was 5,620 feet (1,710 m) long and 28 feet (8.5 m) wide and also enjoyed the distinction of being the world's longest covered bridge. The wood and stone structure had 27 piers, a carriageway, walkway, and two towpaths to guide canal traffic across the river. Much of the mostly oak timber used in its construction was salvaged from the previous bridge. Its roof was covered with shingles, its sides with weatherboard, and its interior was whitewashed. The structure was modified in 1840 by the Canal Company at a cost of $40,000 concurrent with the construction of the Wrightsville Dam. Towpaths of different levels and with sidewalls were added to prevent horses from falling into river, as happened several times when the river flooded. The roof of the lower path formed the floor of upper path. In this way, canal boats were towed across the river from the Pennsylvania Canal on the Columbia side to the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal at Wrightsville. Sometime after 1846, a double-track railway was added, linking the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad to the Northern Central Railway. Due to fear of fire caused by locomotives, rail cars were pulled across the bridge by teams of mules or horses.
Information from "Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia%E2%80%93Wrightsville_Bridge. Accessed 3 February 2020.
System of Arrangement
The papers of the First Columbia Bridge built in 1814 are filed in folders #1 to 157. The papers of the Second Columbia Bridge built in 1832 are filed in folders #158 to 181.
Date Range
1809-1843
Year Range From
1809
Year Range To
1843
Date of Accumulation
1809-1843
Creator
Goodell, Robert Hilliard, 1899-1992.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 05
People
Albright, William
Chew, Benjamin
Coleman, Robert
Dickson, William
Gilpin, Joshua
Gilpin, Thomas
Grimler, Benjamin
Haldeman, C.
Hamilton, William
Harbaugh, Leonard
Hoff, John
Hopkins, James
Hubley, John
Hubley, Joseph
Lloyd, Evan
Mifflin, Joseph
Poulson, Zachariah
Reynolds, John
Rittenhouse, Joseph
Shaffner, Casper
Slaymaker, Henry
Slaymaker, Samuel
Varle, Charles
Wilson, Edward
Wilson, Thomas A.
Witmer, A.
Wright, William
Wolcott, John
Subjects
Bridges
Business records
Columbia (Pa.)
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Stockholders
Stocks
Susquehanna River
Search Terms
Advertising
Applications
Board of Directors
Bonds
Bridges
Broadsides
Business records
By-laws
Checks
Columbia
Columbia Bridge Company
Construction
Contracts
Correspondence
Farmers Bank of Lancaster
Financial records
Finding aids
Gatekeepers
Invoices
Letters
Loans
Manuscript groups
Minutes
Murray Draper and Company
Promissory notes
Receipts
Reports
Salaries
Stockholders
Stocks
Susquehanna River
Taxes
Tollhouses
Tolls
Extent
5 boxes, 190 folders, 3 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0217
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. The original items in Folder 69 may not be used due to their fragile condition. All other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-217
Classification
MG0217
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 13 January 2022.
Documents
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone F
Object ID
Bridge F0925 I002
Date Range
1919
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone F
Description
Document type: Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone F.
1. Octoraro No. 1
[Sadsbury Twp. and West Fallowfield Twp., Chester County]
Location: At Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.
2. Octoraro No. 1.5
Location: At Ross' Fording.
3. Andrew's Bridge
[Colerain Twp. and Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County]
4. Newcomer's Bridge, also known as Octoraro No. 5 [?]
5. Octoraro No. 3
Location: Over Octoraro Creek at Bell Bank, Colerain Twp.
6. Worth's Bridge, also known as Octoraro No. 5 [?]
[Colerain Twp. and Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County]
Admin/Biographical History
Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1919
Year
1919
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0013
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Andrews Bridge
Andrews Bridge, Colerain Twp.
Bell Bank, Colerain Twp.
Bridges
Colerain Twp.
Creeks
Fords
Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania
Newcomer's Bridge
Octoraro Creek
Octoraro Creek, East Branch
Ross Ford
Sadsbury Twp.
Specifications
Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.
Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania
West Fallowfield Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania
Worth's Bridge
Extent
2 items, 10 pieces
Object Name
Specification
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0925 I002
Box Number
013
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Condition of bridge reports
Object ID
Bridge F0820 I003
Date Range
1916
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Condition of bridge reports
Description
Document type: Condition of bridge reports
1. Bridge No. 1
East Cocalico Twp. and West Cocalico Twp.
2. Bridge No. 2
Wabash [Mill] Bridge
East Cocalico Twp.
3. Bridge No. 3
Graver's Mill Bridge
[Ephrata Twp.]
4. Bridge No. 4
Location: At Henry Keller's Mill.
5. Bridge No. 7
[Warwick Twp. and West Earl Twp.]
Location: On state road to Rothsville, Warwick Twp.
6. Bridge No. 8
Location: At Millport, Warwick Twp.
7. Bridge No. 9
8. Bridge No. 10
Location: Bucher's Mill.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1916
Year
1916
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0013
People
Keller, Henry
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Bucher's Mill
Cocalico Creek
Creeks
East Cocalico Twp.
Ephrata Twp.
Graver's Mill
Graver's Mill Bridge
Henry Keller's Mill
Millport, Warwick Twp.
Mills
Reports
Rothsville, Warwick Twp.
Wabash Mill
Wabash Mill Bridge
Warwick Twp.
West Cocalico Twp.
West Earl Twp.
Extent
8 items, 8 pieces
Object Name
Report
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0820 I003
Box Number
013
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
Less detail

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