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Collection: Broadsides Collection

Title: Broadsides Collection

Object ID: MG0357

Date Range: 1775-1958

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Collection: Broadsides Collection

Title: Broadsides Collection

Description: This collection contains broadsides for lectures, stores, businesses, and organizations.

Date Range: 1775-1958

Year Range From: 1775

Year Range To: 1958

Date of Accumulation: 1775-1958

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Bailey, Francis; Becker, John; Bomberger, M.; Bowman, Michael; Brinton, F.; Bryson, J. H.; Chryst, Drue Young; Chryst, James; Conyngham, Redmond; Cromwell, J.; Deshong, P. M.; Eply, John; Eshleman, Elam Witmer; Fahnestock, William B.; Funk, Amos H.; Gable, Jacob; Haines, Samuel B.; Harbaugh, Henry; Hershey, Benjamin; Jefferies, Thomas; Kennedy, J. P. M.; Landis, Benjamin; Landis, David; Landis, Jesse; Landis, John; Lefever, John; Lehman, John S.; Lindsay, John J.; List, Friedrich; Mathiot, John; Maxwell, Hugh; McCall, H. W.; Mercer, J. Q.; Messersmith, Jacob; Metzler, Christian E.; Michael, J.; Roosevelt, Theodore; Scott, Joseph; Shreiner, Martin; Steele, John F.; Stevens, Enos; Witmer, A. K.; Witmer, Henry; Wylie, S. A.

Subjects: Broadsides; Political posters; Posters

Search Terms: Advertisements; Announcements; Arithmetic; Boys Work Fund; Broadsides; Camons Island; Cheap Job Printer, Lancaster Inquirer; Court of Quarter Sessions; Cromwell & Bomberger; Finding aids; Flyers; Frantz's Mill; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Lancaster Adler; Lancaster County Prison; Lancaster Soil Conservation District; Lancaster Unemployed Council; Lititz Turnpike Company; Manor Turnpike Company; Manuscript groups; Mayors; Mount Vista Gold and Silver Mining Company; New York and Pennsylvania Oil and Coal Mining Company; Newspapers; Notices; Paradise Lyceum; Pennsylvania General Assembly, House of Representatives; Petitions; Philadelphia Mourning Store, Jones & Fisher; Poetry; Political posters; Posters; Programs; Railroads; Reports; Review Print; Russel & Myers; S. B. Cox and Company; Sheriffs; Slackwater Turnpike; Steam Book and Job Printing; Stockholders; Stocks; Tolls; Union and Tribune Office; Youth Appreciation Week

Extent: 2 boxes, 23 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English, German, and Pennsylvania German

Object ID: MG0357

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: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Other Numbers: MG-357

Classification: MG0357

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 3 January 2022.

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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

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Collection: Sarah Moore Breneman Papers

Title: Sarah Moore Breneman Papers

Object ID: MG0365

Date Range: 1919-1956

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Sarah Moore Breneman Papers, 1919-1956 Object ID: MG0365 1 box 14 folders .25 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization) Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 9 Scope and Content

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Collection: Sarah Moore Breneman Papers

Title: Sarah Moore Breneman Papers

Description: The Sarah Moore Breneman Papers contain documents from the Steinman Hardware Company, the Kirk Johnson Company, and the Lancaster Broadcasting Service, Inc. The collection includes minutes of stockholders meetings and board of director meetings, financial reports, the election of officers, letters to stockholders, presidents' reports, company by-laws and minutes of the meetings organizing the companies.

Date Range: 1919-1956

Year Range From: 1919

Year Range To: 1956

Date of Accumulation: 1919-1956

Creator: Breneman, Sarah Moore, 1932-2005

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 09

People: Atlee, Benjamin Champneys; Baker, Scott; Hess, Norman B.; Manning, Harry H.; Mease, Lorena Watson; Miller, Harry E.; Moore, Adam Zerphy; Moore, Ruth Johnson; Moore, Sylvester Zerphy; Pickel, Elwood; Pickel, Mary; Worrell, L. Bruce; Zahm, Edward J.

Other Creators: Moore, Adam Zerphy, 1895-1957

Subjects: Business records; Hardware stores; Minutes (Records); Radio stations; Stockholders

Search Terms: Brunswick Hotel; Business records; By-laws; Camp Kaul Tea House; Colonial Golf Course; Conventions; Financial records; Finding aids; First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster; Glen Moore, Manheim Twp.; Hardware stores; Inventories; Kendig Bros.; Kirk Johnson & Co.; Korean War; Lancaster Broadcasting Company; Lancaster Broadcasting Service, Inc.; Lancaster Chamber of Commerce; Lancaster General Hospital; Lancaster Symphony Orchestra; Manuscript groups; Minutes; Mortgages; North Pine Street; Obituaries; Prince Street; Radio Corporation of America; RCA; Reports; Robinson-Patman Act; Specialty Advertising Company; Sprenger Food Company; St. George Hotel; Steinman Hardware; Stevens House; Stockholders; WEST (radio station); West King Street; WGAL (radio station); WKJC (radio station)

Extent: 1 box, 14 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0365

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: See the Photograph Collection:; Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-01-01); Staff of WKJC (SH-01-01-02); Steinman Hardware Company truck (SH-01-01-03); 200 Year Anniversary of Steinman Hardware Co. (SH-01-01-04); View of south side of East King Street (SH-01-01-05); View of south side of West King Street (SH-01-01-06); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-01); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-02); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-03); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-04); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-05); Interior of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-02-06); Framed receipt (SH-01-03-01); Image of account book (SH-01-03-02); Image of a print of the old courthouse (SH-01-03-03); Image of a print of East King Street (SH-01-03-04); Image of account book (SH-01-03-05); Map of Lancaster (SH-01-03-06); Five men in front of Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-03-07); Man looking at account book (SH-01-03-08); Close-up of Steinman Hardware Co. sign (SH-01-03-09); First block of East King Street (SH-01-03-10); Man examining shotgun shells (SH-01-03-11); Conestoga wagon jacks (SH-01-03-12); Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-03-13); Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-03-14); Archery equipment at Steinman Hardware store (SH-01-03-15); Man taking inventory of horseshoes (SH-01-03-16); See the Curatorial Collection:; Commemorative saw, "Two Hundred Years of Hardware Service 1744-1944, The Steinman Hardware Company Lancaster PA" (2005.006.1); Eyeglasses and case with label on one side "Steiman Hardware Company Lancaster PA", other side marked with printing "Arundel Tinted, Edw. J. Zahm, Jeweler, Zahm's Corner, Lancaster PA" (2005.006.2)

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: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2005.MG0365

Other Numbers: MG-365

Classification: MG0365

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 20 February 2022.

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Collection: Temperance Collection

Title: Temperance Collection

Object ID: MG0154

Date Range: 1815-1959

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Temperance Collection, 1815-1959 Object ID: MG0154 1 box 11 folders .25 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization); PV7 Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 4 Scope and Content Note

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Collection: Temperance Collection

Title: Temperance Collection

Description: The Temperance Collection includes convention programs of the Lancaster County Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.); a history of the group from 1884-1959; Pennsylvania State W.C.T.U. function programs; and a minute book from the Bart Chapter. Included are handwritten notes on some of the conventions, pro-temperance booklets and newspapers (Moral Reformer and American Reformer), and miscellaneous addresses and articles. Of special interest is a booklet "Operation Interview" in which 36 prominent Lancastrians comment on the question, "Is social drinking necessary for success?", and a newspaper article reminiscing on the temperance movement in Columbia, Pennsylvania.

Date Range: 1815-1959

Year Range From: 1815

Year Range To: 1959

Date of Accumulation: 1815-1959

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Aikin, Francis; Alexander, Eleanor B.; Brosius, Letitia; Brubaker, George; Eckman, Benjamin F.; Geist, Jacob Miller Willis; Harlan, E. W.; Heiges, George Leonard; Jackson, Josephine; Richardson, Benjamin W.; Rineer, A. Hunter; Rosalind, Countess of Carlisle; Seberry, Cora E.; Thomas, A. Elizabeth; Willard, Frances Elizabeth

Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.; Minutes (Records); Pennsylvania Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Programs (Publications); Temperance; Woman's Christian Temperance Union

Search Terms: Associations, institutions, etc.; Bart Society; Business records; Chestnut Level, Drumore Twp.; Christiana; Churches; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Columbia; Conventions; Dauphin County Historical Society; Eastland Female Temperance Society; Finding aids; Friends Academy; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Lancaster; Lancaster County Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Lititz; Locust Valley, Long Island, New York; Manheim; Manuscript groups; Minutes; National Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Pageants; Pennsylvania Senior Loyal Temperance Union; Pennsylvania Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Poetry; Programs; Reports; Songs; Strasburg; Temperance; Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania; Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; Woman's Christian Temperance Union

Extent: 1 box, 11 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0154

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Temperance Collection (MG0154), 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.

Other Numbers: MG-154

Classification: MG0154

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared in 1998-1999. Added to database 29 September 2021.

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Condition of bridge reports

Object ID: Bridge F0845 I004

Date Range: 1916

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Condition of bridge reports

Description: Document type: Condition of bridge reports.; 1. Bridge No. 7; Pumping Station Bridge; Lancaster County and Chester County; 2. Bridge No. 7.5; Harkness Fording Bridge; [Little Britain Twp. and Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County]; 3. Bridge No. 8; Kirk's Fording Bridge; [Little Britain Twp. and West Nottingham Twp., Chester County]; 4. Bridge No. 9; Blackburn's Fording Bridge; [Colerain Twp. and Chester County]; 5. Bridge No. 9.5; Greist's Fording Bridge; 6. Bridge No. 10; Carter's Fording Bridge; [Little Britain Twp. and West Nottingham Twp.], Chester County; 7. Bridge No. 11; Kin[s]eyville Bridge; [Little Britain Twp. and Chester County]

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: Blackburn's Ford; Blackburn's Fording Bridge; Bridges; Carter's Ford; Carter's Fording Bridge; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Colerain Twp.; Creeks; Greist's Ford; Greist's Fording Bridge; Harkness Ford; Harkness Fording Bridge; Kinseyville Bridge; Kirk's Ford; Kirk's Fording Bridge; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Little Britain Twp.; Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania; Octoraro Creek, East Branch; Octoraro Water Company; Pumping Station Bridge; Pumping stations; Reports; West Nottingham Twp., Chester County

Extent: 7 items, 7 pieces

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0845 I004

Box Number: 013

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Petition

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Petition for appointment of viewers; order and report of viewers

Object ID: Bridge F0295 I006

Date Range: 1864/01

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Petition for appointment of viewers; order and report of viewers

Description: Court term: January 1864.; Location: On road from the Lancaster and Philadelphia Turnpike to the Strasburg and Millport Turnpike, at Greenland, East Lampeter Twp., at Benjamin Eshleman's Mill.; Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.; Order and report of viewers.

Date Range: 1864/01

Year: 1864

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0004

People: Eshleman, Benjamin

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Benjamin Eshleman's Mill; Bridges; Creeks; East Lampeter Twp.; Greenland, East Lampeter Twp.; Lancaster and Philadelphia Turnpike; Mill Creek; Mills; Orders; Petitions; Reports; Roads; Strasburg and Millport Turnpike; Turnpikes

Place: East Lampeter Twp.

Extent: 2 items, 2 pieces

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0295 I006

Box Number: 004

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Petition

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0495 I006

Date Range: 1844/08

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1844/08

Year: 1844

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0007

People: Eckert, George Louis

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Creeks; George Eckert's Mill; Leacock Twp.; Mills; New Holland, Earl Twp.; Orders; Osceola Mill; Paradise Twp.; Pequea Creek; Petitions; Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad; Railroads; Reports

Place: Leacock Twp. and Paradise Twp.

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0495 I006

Box Number: 007

Additional Notes: Court term: August 1844.; Location: On public highway from the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad to New Holland, Earl Twp., at George Louis Eckert's Mill.; Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.; Order and report of viewers.; 4 items, 4 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Title: Columbia Bridge Company Collection

Object ID: MG0217

Date Range: 1809-1843

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Columbia Bridge Company Collection, 1809-1843 Object ID: MG0217 5 boxes 190 folders 3 cubic ft. Repository: LancasterHistory (Organization) Shelving Location: Archives South, Side 5 Scope and

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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: Collection may be photographed. Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org with questions or for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-217

Classification: MG0217

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 13 January 2022.

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Petition for appointment of viewers; order and report of viewers

Object ID: Bridge F0270 I007

Date Range: 1846/01

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Petition for appointment of viewers; order and report of viewers

Description: Court term: January 1846.; Location: On public highway from the New Holland Turnpike to Reading, Berks County.; Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.; Order and report of viewers.

Date Range: 1846/01

Year: 1846

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0004

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; East Earl Twp.; New Holland Turnpike; Orders; Petitions; Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; Reports; Roads; Turnpikes

Place: East Earl Twp.

Extent: 2 items, 2 pieces

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0270 I007

Box Number: 004

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Petition

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0330 I003

Date Range: 1841/10

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1841/10

Year: 1841

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0005

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Creeks; East Lampeter Twp.; Inspections; Lancaster and Philadelphia Turnpike; Orders; Pequea Creek; Petitions; Reports; Roads; Strasburg; Strasburg Twp.; Turnpikes

Place: East Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg Twp.

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0330 I003

Box Number: 005

Additional Notes: [East] Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg Twp.; Court term: October 1841.; Location: On the public highway from the Lancaster and Philadelphia Turnpike to Strasburg, near Hartman's.; Document types: Petition for appointment of inspectors.; Order for inspection and inspection report.; 2 items, 2 pieces

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

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