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Specification

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone B

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I006

Date Range: 1920

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone B

Description: Document type: Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone B.; 1. Little Conestoga No. 2; [Lancaster Twp. and Manor Twp.]; Location: Over Little Conestoga Creek at Stone Roads Mill.; 2. Little Conestoga No. 5, now marked No. 4; [Manor Twp.]; Location: Over Little Conestoga Creek.; 3. Little Conestoga No. 6, also known as Owl Hill Bridge; 4. Little Conestoga No. 7; Location: Over Conestoga Creek.; 5. Conestoga No. 24; [Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek at Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.; 6. Conestoga No. 25; Location: Over Conestoga Creek at Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.; 7. Conestoga No. 21; [Lancaster Twp. and Pequea Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek at Second Lock, Lancaster Twp.; 8. Mill Creek No. 2; [East Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Over Mill Creek at east end of Smoketown, East Lampeter Twp.; 9. Mill Creek No. 1; [Leacock Twp. and Upper Leacock Twp.]; Location: Over Mill Creek at Mascot, Upper Leacock Twp.; 10. Pequea No. 1; [Salisbury Twp.]; Location: Over Pequea Creek.; 11. Pequea No. 4; [Leacock Twp. and Salisbury Twp.]; Location: Over Pequea Creek at Sheetz's Mill near Buyerstown, Salisbury Twp.; 12. Pequea No. 10; [West Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg Twp.]; 13. Pequea No. 11; [Strasburg Twp. and West Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Over Pequea Creek at Wagonmaker's Shop.; 14. Pequea No. 12; Location: Over Pequea Creek at Lime Valley, West Lampeter twp.; 15. Pequea No. 15; [Pequea Twp. and Providence Twp.]; Location: Over Pequea Creek near Herrville Hotel.; 16. West Branch of Octoraro No. 2; [Colerain Twp.]; Location: Over West Branch of Octoraro Creek at Clonmell, Colerain Twp., near Pumping Station.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1920

Year: 1920

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Buyerstown, Salisbury Twp.; Clonmell, Colerain Twp.; Colerain Twp.; Conestoga Bridge; Conestoga Creek; Conestoga Twp.; Covered bridges; Creeks; East Lampeter Twp.; Herrville Hotel; Hotels; Lancaster Twp.; Leacock Twp.; Lime Valley, West Lampeter Twp.; Little Conestoga Bridge; Little Conestoga Creek; Manor Twp.; Mascot, Upper Leacock Twp.; Mills; Mill Creek; Mill Creek Bridge; Octoraro Creek, West Branch; Octoraro Water Company; Octoraro West Branch #1 Covered Bridge; Owl Hill Bridge; Pequea Bridge; Pequea Creek; Pequea Twp.; Providence Twp.; Pumping stations; Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.; Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.; Salisbury Twp.; Second Lock, Lancaster Twp.; Sheetz's Mill; Shops; Smoketown, East Lampeter Twp.; Specifications; Stoneroad's Mill; Strasburg Twp.; Upper Leacock Twp.; Wagonmaker's Shop; West Lampeter Twp.

Extent: 1 item, 6 pieces

Object Name: Specification

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I006

Box Number: 013

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Documents

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0520 I006

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: 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.

Year: 1922

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0008

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Creeks; Mill Creek; Leacock Twp.; Upper Leacock Twp.; Monterey, Upper Leacock Twp.; Stumptown, Leacock Twp.; Petitions; Orders; Reports; Bridges

Place: Leacock Twp. and Upper Leacock Twp.

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0520 I006

Box Number: 008

Additional Notes: Court term: September 1922.; Location: On public highway from Monterey, Upper Leacock Twp., near Stumptown, Leacock Twp.; Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.; Order and report of viewers.; 2 items, 4 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Case Number: 98.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0520 I007

Date Range: 1923/04

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1923/04

Year: 1923

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0008

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Approvals; Bird-in-Hand, East Lampeter Twp.; Bridges; Creeks; Leacock Twp.; Mill Creek; Monterey, Upper Leacock Twp.; Old Philadelphia Road; Reports; Roads; Upper Leacock Twp.

Place: Leacock Twp. and Upper Leacock Twp.

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0520 I007

Box Number: 008

Additional Notes: Court term: April 1923.; Location: On public road from Monterey, Upper Leacock Twp., to the Old Road, east of Bird-in-Hand, East Lampeter Twp.; Document type: Approval of report of viewers.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Report

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/a2027338-22a0-4ee2-a567-367609064700

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Report of recommended bridges to be replaced

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I011

Date Range: 1921

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Report of recommended bridges to be replaced

Description: Document type: Report of recommended bridges to be replaced.; 1. Pequea No. 4; [Leacock Twp. and Paradise Twp.]; Location: Over Pequea Creek at Shertz's Mill, near Harristown, Paradise Twp.; 2. Conestoga No. 4; [East Earl Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek at Martin's Mill.; 3. Mill Creek No. 2; [East Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Over Mill Creek at east end of Smoketown, East Lampeter Twp., on old Philadelphia Road.; 4. Bridge over East Branch of Octoraro Creek; Sadsbury Twp. and Chester County; Location: At Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.; 5. Big Chickies No. 7.5; [Rapho Twp. and West Hempfield Twp.]; Location: Over Chickies Creek at Moore's old Electric LIght Plant, on road between Salunga, West Hempfield Twp. and Newtown, Rapho Twp.; 6. Big Chickies No. 8; Location: Over Chickies Creek.; 7. Bridge over [Conestoga Creek]; [Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp.]; Location: At Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.; 8. Engleside Bridge; [Lancaster Twp. and West Lampeter Twp.]; Location: At Engleside, Lancaster Twp., over Conestoga Creek.; 9. Mill Creek No. 6, also known as Eshleman's Mill Bridge; [West Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Over Mill Creek.; 10. Conestoga No. 14; [Manheim Twp. and Upper Leacock Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek.; 11. Pequea No. 18; [Martic Twp. and Pequea Twp.]; Location: Over Pequea Creek at Burnt Mill, Pequea Twp., near Marticville, Martic Twp.; 12. Bridge [over Conestoga Creek]; [Lancaster Twp. and Pequea Twp.]; Location: At Wabank, Lancaster Twp.; 13. Old Factory Bridge; [Lancaster City and West Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Over [Conestoga Creek] near Rocky Springs Park.; 14. Cocalico No. 3; [Ephrata Twp.]; Location: Over Cocalico Creek, near Ephrata.; 15. White Rock Bridge; [Colerain Twp. and Little Britain Twp.]; Location: Over West Branch of Octoraro Creek at White Rock, Little Britain Twp.; 16. Spruce Grove Bridge; Location: Over West Branch of Octoraro Creek at Spruce Grove, Little Britain Twp.; 17. Bridge No. 1; [Manheim Twp.]; Location : Over Little Conestoga Creek near Long's Park.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1921

Year: 1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Burnt Mill, Pequea Twp.; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Chickies Creek; Chiques Creek; Cocalico Creek; Colerain Twp.; Conestoga Creek; Conestoga Twp.; Creeks; East Earl Twp.; East Lampeter Twp.; Electric Companies; Engleside Bridge; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephrata; Ephrata Twp.; Eshleman's Mill; Eshleman's Mill Bridge; Factories; Harristown, Paradise Twp.; Lancaster; Lancaster Twp.; Leacock Twp.; Little Britain Twp.; Little Conestoga Creek; Long's Park; Manheim Twp.; Manor Twp.; Martic Twp.; Marticville, Martic Twp.; Martin's Mill; Mill Creek; Moore's Electric LIght Plant; Newtown, Rapho Twp.; Octoraro Creek, East Branch; Octoraro Creek, West Branch; Old Factory Bridge; Old Philadelphia Road; Paradise Twp.; Parks; Pequea Creek; Pequea Twp.; Rapho Twp.; Reports; Roads; Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.; Rocky Springs; Sadsbury Twp.; Salunga, West Hempfield Twp.; Shertz's Mill; Smoketown, East Lampeter Twp.; Spruce Grove Bridge; Spruce Grove, Little Britain Twp.; Steeleville, Sadsbury Twp.; Upper Leacock Twp.; Wabank, Lancaster Twp.; West Hempfield Twp.; West Lampeter Twp.; White Rock Covered Bridge; White Rock Forge Covered Bridge; White Rock, Little Britain Twp.

Extent: 1 item, 3 pieces

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I011

Box Number: 013

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Negative

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Collection: Darmstaetter Collection

Title: Herman residence, Paradise

Object ID: D-09-03-79

Date Range: 1925/04/26

1 image

Object Name: Negative

Collection: Darmstaetter Collection

Title: Herman residence, Paradise

Description: Bungalow house with gambrel roof and portico--Herman residence, Paradise.

Date Range: 1925/04/26

Year Range From: 1925

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Studio: Darmstaetter's

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Classification: Dwellings

Search Terms: Houses; Dwellings; Paradise Twp.

Place: Paradise Twp.

Object Name: Negative

Film Size: 11 x 7 inches

Object ID: D-09-03-79

Negative Number: yes

Other Number: 555 #2

Images

Specification

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone H

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I010

Date Range: 1921

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone H

Description: Document type: Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone H.; 1. Umble's Mill; [East Lampeter Twp. and Manheim Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek near Eden, Manheim Twp.; 2. Pine Hill Bridge; [Manheim Twp. and Upper Leacock Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek.; 3. Bushong's Mill; 4. Slackwater Bridge; [Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek below Millersville, Manor Twp.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1921

Year: 1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Bushong's Mill; Conestoga Creek; Conestoga Twp.; Creeks; East Lampeter Twp.; Eden, Manheim Twp.; Manheim Twp.; Manor Twp.; Millersville, Manor Twp.; Mills; Pine Hill Bridge; Slackwater Bridge; Specifications; Umble's Mill; Upper Leacock Twp.

Extent: 3 items, 12 pieces

Object Name: Specification

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I010

Box Number: 013

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Archive

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

, and Middletown Turnpike Lebanon, Lebanon County Letters Lititz Maple Grove Park Maps Marietta Avenue Market Street Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp. Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp. Minutes Mount Joy Mulberry Street National Railway Historical Society Neffsville, Manheim Twp. North End Photo

1 document

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Description: The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.

Date Range: 1819-1977

Year Range From: 1819

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1819-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bitner, John R.; Boardman, Harris; Bowman, John Jacob; Boyer, Zaccur Prall; Cirt, Anna N.; Griest, William Walton; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Kemrer, Clarence M.; Knapp, Walter; Kreider, Kate; Kriebel, Howard Wiegner; McClellan, Oliver Eldridge; Royer, David; Shuman, James P.; Wohlsen, Anna; Wohlsen, Peter

Subjects: Letters; Minutes (Records); Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Posters; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading & Columbia Railroad Company; Street-railroads; Trolley cars

Search Terms: Adamstown; Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Blueprints; Booklets; Brochures; Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Center Square Road Station; Chestnut Street; Christiana; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Columbia; Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad; Conestoga Traction Company; Conestoga Transportation Company; Conewago Water and Power Company; Correspondence; Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania; Drawings; Duke Street; East Belt line; East King Street; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Elizabethtown; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata; Express Printing Company; Greeting cards; Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.; J. G. Brill Company; Kinport Road; Lancaster; Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway; Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company; Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company; Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lititz; Maple Grove; Maps; Marietta Avenue; North Market Street; Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.; Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.; Minutes; Mount Joy; Mulberry Street; National Railway Historical Society; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; North End Photo Finishing House; North Lime Street; North Queen Street; Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Penn Square; Pequea Twp.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Photographs; Placards; Substations; President Avenue; Princess Street; Prospect Street; Quarryville; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Receipts; Red Rose Transit Authority; Reports; Roads; Rocky Springs Railroad Company; Schuylkill Navigation Company; Scrapbooks; South Mountain Railroad; South Queen Street; Stock certificates; Susquehanna Railroad; Tickets; Tolls; Trolley car barns; Trolley car yards; Trolley cars; Trolleys; Turnpikes; Walnut Street; WGAL (television station); Williams Park Station; Willow Street Turnpike; Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; WLAN (radio station); Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania; York Bus Company; York Fair; York Railway Company

Extent: 2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0123

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.