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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

Railroad Conestoga Traction Company Conestoga Transportation Company Conewago Water & Power Company Correspondence Dallastown, York County Drawings Duke Street East Belt line East King Street East Petersburg Elizabethtown Engleside, Lancaster Twp. Ephemera Ephrata Express Printing Co. Greeting cards

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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: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0480 I003

Date Range: 1857/04

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1857/04

Year: 1857

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0007

People: Snavely, B.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: B. Snavely's Mill; Bridges; Conestoga Center, Conestoga Twp.; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; Lancaster; Lancaster Twp.; Mills; Orders; Pequea Twp.; Reports; Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.; Stumptown, Leacock Twp.

Place: Lancaster Twp. and Pequea Twp.

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0480 I003

Box Number: 007

Additional Notes: Court term: April 1857.; Location: On public highway from Lancaster to Stumptown, Leacock Twp., Conestoga Center, Conestoga Twp., and Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp., at Lock No. 2 at B. Snavely's Mill.; Document type: Order and 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

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0675 I005

Date Range: 1857/01

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1857/01

Year: 1857

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0010

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Beaver Creek; Bridges; Creeks; Lancaster; Mills; Mylin's Mill; New Providence, Providence Twp.; Orders; Providence Twp.; Quarryville, Colerain Twp.; Reports; Strasburg; Strasburg Twp.

Place: Providence Twp. and Strasburg Twp.

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0675 I005

Box Number: 010

Additional Notes: Court term: January 1857.; Location: On public highway from Quarryville, Colerain Twp., to Strasburg and Lancaster, at Mylin's Mill in New Providence, Providence Twp.; Document type: Order and 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

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0480 I004

Date Range: 1857

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Date Range: 1857

Year: 1857

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0007

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conestoga Center, Conestoga Twp.; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; Inspections; Lancaster; Lancaster Twp.; Mills; Orders; Pequea Twp.; Reports; Snavely's Mill

Place: Lancaster Twp. and Pequea Twp.

Object Name: Report

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0480 I004

Box Number: 007

Additional Notes: Court term: August 1857.; Location: On public highway from Lancaster City to Conestoga Center, Conestoga Twp., at Snavely's Mill.; Document type: Order for inspection and inspection report.; 1 item, 1 piece

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 a bridge; order and report of viewers

Object ID: Bridge F0140 I007

Date Range: 1856

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Petition for a bridge; order and report of viewers

Description: Court term: January 1856.; Location: On public highway from Lancaster to York Furnace Bridge, at Colemanville, Conestoga Twp.; Document types: Petition for a bridge.; Order and report of viewers.

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

Date Range: 1856

Year: 1856

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0002

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Colemanville, Conestoga Twp.; Conestoga Twp.; Creeks; Lancaster; Martic Twp.; Orders; Pequea Creek; Petitions; Reports; York Furnace Bridge

Place: Conestoga Twp. and Martic Twp.

Extent: 2 items, 2 pieces

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0140 I007

Box Number: 002

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

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Order for Payment

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #218

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0004

People: Snyder, Henry; Brown, David

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster; Courthouses; Maytown, Donegal Twp.; Donegal Twp.; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Lancaster

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Order for Payment

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1824 #218

Box Number: 004

Notes: Partially entered into Q & A May 22, 2001.

Additional Notes: Court house.; Payment to witness in the case of Commonwealth v. Snyder, Henry. Supervisor of Donegal Twp.; Brown, David. Traveled from Maytown.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Notice of bridges needing repair

Object ID: Bridge F0900 I004

Date Range: 1854

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Notice of bridges needing repair

Description: Document type: Notice of bridges needing repair; 1. Old Factory Bridge; [Lancaster City and West Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek.; 2. Bridge over Pequea Creek; [Strasburg Twp. and West Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Near Henry Herr's Mill.

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

Date Range: 1854

Year: 1854

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

People: Herr, Henry

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Conestoga Creek; Creeks; Factories; Henry Herr's Mill; Lancaster; Mills; Notices; Old Factory Bridge; Pequea Creek; Strasburg Twp.; West Lampeter Twp.

Extent: 1 item, 1 piece

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0900 I004

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: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #502

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0009

People: Doneghy, David; Doneghy, William; Earhart, Jacob; Hartman, Christian; Hartman, Joseph; Keffer, Elizabeth; Henry, William; Hollowell, Eliza; Hollowell, Washington; Irvin, Eliza; Matteer, Eliza; Matteer, Jacob; McCarren, Charles; McCarren, Eliza; McElvane, David; McElvane, Margaret; Reaman, James; Reaman, John; Richardson, Thompson; Shoe, Sarah; Simpson, Sarah; Throme, Rebecca; Throme, Samuel; White, James; White, John; Willis, William; Young, Samuel

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Mount Joy Twp.; Donegal Twp.; Lancaster; Poor children; Teachers; Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Place: Mount Joy Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1828 #502

Box Number: 009

Notes: Entered into Q & A 1994/06/09.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Mount Joy Twp. unless noted.; Doneghy, David; Doneghy, William; Earhart, Jacob; Hartman, Christian. Donegal Twp.; Hartman, Joseph. Donegal Twp.; Keffer, Elizabeth. Donegal Twp.; Henry, William; Hollowell, Eliza. Donegal Twp.; Hollowell, Washington. Donegal Twp.; Irvin, Eliza. Donegal Twp.; Matteer, Eliza; Matteer, Jacob; McCarren, Charles. Donegal Twp.; McCarren, Eliza; McElvane, David. Donegal Twp.; McElvane, Margaret. Donegal Twp.; Reaman, James; Reaman, John; Richardson, Thompson. Teacher.; Shoe, Sarah. From Lancaster.; Simpson, Sarah. Donegal Twp.; Throme, Rebecca. Donegal Twp.; Throme, Samuel. Donegal Twp.; White, James; White, John; Willis, William; Young, Samuel; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

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