Page 39: Horse and carriage, "Wabank Road near New Danville"; Slackwater Road, Millersville, August 1902; Old tavern, Slackwater; Lancaster County farm scene near Millersville, Agust 1902; Electrick Light Station in the distance - Slackwater, August 1902"; Slackwater bridge.
Provenance
First 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, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Slackwater, aslo known as Shober's Paper Mill, one mile south of Millersville between Conestoga and Manor Townships. State supervised on road LR 36008, oldest bridge still standing, built 1839, double span 269 feet long.
Snavely's Mill, second lock of the Slackwater Canal, south of Lancaster city, between Lancaster and Pequea Townships. County maintained on road T-504, built in 1857 (first bridge 1836, second bridge 1850), longest bridge in Lancaster County, double span 349 feet long. Destroyed by fire in the 1960s.
Slackwater bridge, also known as Shober's Paper Mill bridge, one mile south of Millersville between Conestoga and Manor Townships. Oldest bridge still standing on Conestoga River. Double span, 269 feet, built in 1839.
Provenance
digital image only - original owned by Milton Haldeman
Slackwater covered bridge, also called Fourth Lock, Shober's Paper Mill or Petersville bridge, on the Conestoga River between Manor and Conestoga townships. Replaced in 1957.
Provenance
Lancaster County covered bridge photos taken by M. E. Schroll and Kathryn L. Sauder taken between 1956 and 1958.
Photograph- Slackwater covered bridge, also called Shober's Paper Mill bridge between Conestoga Township and Manor Township on the road from Millersville to New Danville Pike. Built c. 1839, 269 feet long.
Photograph- Slackwater covered bridge, also called Shober's Paper Mill bridge between Conestoga Township and Manor Township on the road from Millersville to New Danville Pike. Built c. 1839, 269 feet long.
Description
Slackwater covered bridge, also called Shober's Paper Mill bridge between Conestoga Township and Manor Township on the road from Millersville to New Danville Pike. Built c. 1839, 269 feet long.
