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Collection
Bridge Information Compiled by Benjamin Weaver
Title
Bridge Information Compiled by Benjamin Weaver
Object ID
MG0587
Date Range
1960s-1970s
Bridges Calamus Run Cocalico Creek Conewago Creek Conowingo Creek Conoy Creek Coon Creek East Octoraro Creek Finding aids Hammer Creek Little Chiques Creek Little Conestoga Creek Manuscript groups Mill Creek Muddy Creek Pequea Creek Peters Creek West Octoraro Creek Related Materials: Mr. Weaver
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Bridge Information Compiled by Benjamin Weaver
Title
Bridge Information Compiled by Benjamin Weaver
Description
This collection of Bridge Information Compiled by Benjamin Weaver contains index cards prepared by Mr. Weaver with information about bridges over several creeks in Lancaster County. The waterways include the Beaver, Calamus, Big Chiques, Little Chiques, Cocalico, Conestoga, Little Conestoga, Conewago, Conowingo, Coon, Conoy, Hammer, Mill, Muddy, East Octoraro, West Octoraro, Pequea and Peters. Information includes the name, township(s), and type of each bridge, and may also include the date of construction, contractors, commissioners, size and weight limit, details on location and/or destruction or replacement of the bridge.
Admin/Biographical History
Mr. Weaver photographed these bridges in the 1960s and 1970s.
Date Range
1960s-1970s
Date of Accumulation
1960s-1970s
Creator
Weaver, Benjamin
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 12
People
Weaver, Benjamin
Subjects
Bridges
Search Terms
Beaver Creek
Big Chickies Creek
Big Chiques Creek
Conestoga River
Bridges
Calamus Run
Cocalico Creek
Conewago Creek
Conowingo Creek
Conoy Creek
Coon Creek
East Octoraro Creek
Finding aids
Hammer Creek
Little Chiques Creek
Little Chickies Creek
Little Conestoga Creek
Manuscript groups
Mill Creek
Muddy Creek
Pequea Creek
Peters Creek
West Octoraro Creek
Extent
1 box, 3 folders
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0587
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Mr. Weaver photographed these bridges in the 1960s and 1970s; the slides are in the Photograph Collection.
Some of these cards correspond with the Bridge Records in the Lancaster County Government Records.
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Bridge Information Compiled by Benjamin Weaver (MG0587), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
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.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2010.MG0587
Other Numbers
MG-587
Classification
MG0587
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by HT, 10 September 2010. Added to database 26 December 2021.
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Collection
Covered Bridge Album
Object ID
A-12-01-02
Date Range
1970
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Covered Bridge Album
Description
Baumgardner Mill Bridge between Martic Forge and Marticville
Date Range
1970
Creator
Krone, Herbert Brickley
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Covered bridges
Marticville, Martic Twp.
Martic Forge, Martic Twp.
Place
Martic Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
A-12-01-02
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ebadea02-7f2c-4998-b1d2-392759509150
Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
Note: The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Company, Conestoga Transportation Company, and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules
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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.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-123
Classification
MG0123
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 23 September 2021.
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Object ID
1-21-03-41
Date Range
21 August 1972
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Description
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Date Range
21 August 1972
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Bond, G. Ross
Subject
Photographs
Classification
1-21-03-41
Search Terms
Covered bridges
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Soudersburg, East Lampeter Twp.
Pequea Creek
Place
East Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
3.5 x 5 inches
Dimention Details
Photograph is glued to black paper
Object ID
1-21-03-41
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Object ID
1-21-03-42
Date Range
21 August 1972
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Object Name
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Description
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Date Range
21 August 1972
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Bond, G. Ross
Subject
Photographs
Classification
1-21-03-42
Search Terms
Covered bridges
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Soudersburg, East Lampeter Twp.
Pequea Creek
Place
East Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
3.5 x 5 inches
Dimention Details
Photograph is glued to black paper
Object ID
1-21-03-42
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Object ID
1-21-03-43
Date Range
16 March 1971
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Description
Soudersburg Covered Bridge, possibly being dismantled.
Date Range
16 March 1971
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Bond, G. Ross
Subject
Photographs
Classification
1-21-03-43
Search Terms
Covered bridges
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Soudersburg, East Lampeter Twp.
Pequea Creek
Place
East Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
4 x 4 inches
Dimention Details
Photograph is glued to black paper
Object ID
1-21-03-43
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Object ID
1-21-03-44
Date Range
16 March 1971
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Object Name
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Description
Soudersburg Covered Bridge, possibly being dismantled.
Date Range
16 March 1971
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Bond, G. Ross
Subject
Photographs
Classification
1-21-03-44
Search Terms
Covered bridges
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Soudersburg, East Lampeter Twp.
Pequea Creek
Place
East Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Dimention Details
Photograph is glued to black paper
Object ID
1-21-03-44
Credit
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Object ID
1-21-03-45
Date Range
24 February 1971
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Description
Soudersburg Covered Bridge, possibly being dismantled.
Date Range
24 February 1971
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Bond, G. Ross
Subject
Photographs
Classification
1-21-03-45
Search Terms
Covered bridges
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Soudersburg, East Lampeter Twp.
Pequea Creek
Place
East Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Dimention Details
Photograph is glued to black paper
Object ID
1-21-03-45
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Object ID
1-21-03-46
Date Range
24 February 1971
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Description
Soudersburg Covered Bridge, possibly being dismantled.
Date Range
24 February 1971
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Bond, G. Ross
Subject
Photographs
Classification
1-21-03-46
Search Terms
Covered bridges
Soudersburg Covered Bridge
Soudersburg, East Lampeter Twp.
Pequea Creek
Place
East Lampeter Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Dimention Details
Photograph is glued to black paper
Object ID
1-21-03-46
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/241224db-9197-4ff0-9fc7-651804174400
Collection
General Collection
Title
Wedding near a covered bridge
Object ID
1-21-03-40
Date Range
17 January 1972
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Wedding near a covered bridge
Description
Photograph of news clipping. Wedding on a Covered Bridge in Paradise, Pa. Patrick Quinn, 45, and Monica Thorpe, 37, drove 80 miles from Willingboro, N. J., to be married on this covered bridge in Lancaster County. Justice of the Peace Gilber R. Book of Gap performed the ceremony as a curious farmer looked on from tractor as he crossed the span.
Date Range
17 January 1972
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
People
Bond, G. Ross
Quinn, Patrick
Thorpe, Monica
Book, Gilbert R.
Subject
Photographs
Classification
1-21-03-40
Search Terms
Covered bridges
Pequea Creek
Weddings
Place
Paradise Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Copy
Print Size
4 x 3.75 inches
Dimention Details
Photograph is glued to black paper
Object ID
1-21-03-40
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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