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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-17-08-04
Date Range
July 10, 1907
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
"Big Shot at Fite's Eddy". Blasting for railroad, viewed from the south with the blast wave traveling across the river towards Sicily Island.
Date Range
July 10, 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Railroads
Susquehanna River
Sicily Island
Explosions
Place
Drumore Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Not Rated
Object ID
2-17-08-04
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-17-08-05
Date Range
July 10, 1907
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Old railroad cut and tracks at Fite's Eddy.
Date Range
July 10, 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Railroads
Susquehanna River
Place
Drumore Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Not Rated
Object ID
2-17-08-05
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-17-08-06
Date Range
July 10, 1907
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Blast wave from explosion at Fite's Eddy.
Date Range
July 10, 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Railroads
Susquehanna River
Place
Drumore Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Not Rated
Object ID
2-17-08-06
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-17-08-07
Date Range
July 10, 1907
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Cabin on Baker's Island after the blast wave from explosion at Fite's Eddy.
Date Range
July 10, 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Railroads
Susquehanna River
Baker's Island
Place
Drumore Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Not Rated
Object ID
2-17-08-07
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-17-08-08
Date Range
July 10, 1907
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Cabin on Baker's Island before the blast wave from explosion at Fite's Eddy.
Date Range
July 10, 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Railroads
Susquehanna River
Baker's Island
Place
Drumore Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Not Rated
Object ID
2-17-08-08
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-17-08-09
Date Range
c. 1907
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Hotel at Fite's Eddy for railroad workers and, possibly, Holtwood Dam construction crews.
Date Range
c. 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Susquehanna River
Hotels
Place
Drumore Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Not Rated
Object ID
2-17-08-09
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-17-08-10
Date Range
c. 1907
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Hotel at Fite's Eddy, relocated railroad and drilling rigs on blast site and new culvert for Fite's Eddy stream.
Date Range
c. 1907
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Susquehanna River
Hotels
Place
Drumore Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Not Rated
Object ID
2-17-08-10
Images
Less detail
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 2
Object ID
A-37-01-14
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 2
Description
Page 14: On culvert at Benton Hollow; Boyd Farmhouse, built 1823; Ferncliff Club House, Benton, Pa.; Boyd homestead (in the distance); Man seated, woman standing, "Posing"; Group in front of Ferncliff Club House, "the day about over". Thursday October 15, 1903.
Provenance
Second of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, beginning in 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Benton Hollow
Ferncliff
Farmhouses
Place
Drumore Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-37-01-14
Images
Less detail
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 2
Object ID
A-37-01-15
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 2
Description
Page 15: Boyd farm, "A familiar scene, 1823 - 1903"; "Mitchell Rock", Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad; "Mr. Augustus Rhoads and the cow, October 15, 1903"; Two mule team and load of corn on wagon at Boyd farm, October 15, 1903; Glen Benton; Group of people seated on logs in the woods, "Along Glen Benton, October 15, 1903".
Provenance
Second of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, beginning in 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Benton Hollow, Drumore Twp.
Mules
Wagons
Cows
Farms
Farmhouses
Place
Drumore Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-37-01-15
Images
Less detail
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 2
Object ID
A-37-01-16
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 2
Description
Page 16: "Looking south from Benton Station, Monday October 26, 1903"; "Road to Kato's house (colored musician)"; "Along Glen Benton, October 16, 1903, Mr. Jones, Harrisburg (to right), one of club members"; "Caesar's Glen, October 16, 1903"; "A man wanted this rock for his tombstone, October 16, 1903"; "Mouth of Glen Benton, October 16, 1903".
Provenance
Second of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, beginning in 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Benton Hollow, Drumore Twp.
Railroads
Farmhouses
Place
Drumore Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-37-01-16
Images
Less detail

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