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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/5faa2960-4201-48b4-8135-460798158812
Collection
Ed Schopf Safe Harbor Collection
Object ID
ES-02-01-179
Date Range
c. 1931
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Ed Schopf Safe Harbor Collection
Description
Photograph album #4. View of Columbia and Port Deposit railroad bridge over Conestoga River.
Provenance
Gift of Amer and Emma Kendig
Date Range
c. 1931
Creator
Schopf, Edward
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Susquehanna River
Safe Harbor Dam
Dams
Power Plants
Conestoga River
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4.75 x 6.25 inches
Object ID
ES-02-01-179
Notes
Ed Schopf was plant photographer for the Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation from 1930 to 1954.
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Collection
Ed Schopf Safe Harbor Collection
Object ID
ES-02-01-180
Date Range
c. 1931
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Ed Schopf Safe Harbor Collection
Description
Photograph album #4. View office building at Safe Harbor dam.
Provenance
Gift of Amer and Emma Kendig
Date Range
c. 1931
Creator
Schopf, Edward
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Susquehanna River
Safe Harbor Dam
Dams
Power Plants
Conestoga River
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4.75 x 6.25 inches
Object ID
ES-02-01-180
Notes
Ed Schopf was plant photographer for the Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation from 1930 to 1954.
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Collection
Ed Schopf Safe Harbor Collection
Object ID
ES-02-01-181
Date Range
c. 1931
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Ed Schopf Safe Harbor Collection
Description
Photograph album #4. View of Safe Harbor dam
Provenance
Gift of Amer and Emma Kendig
Date Range
c. 1931
Creator
Schopf, Edward
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Susquehanna River
Safe Harbor Dam
Dams
Power Plants
Conestoga River
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4.75 x 6.25 inches
Object ID
ES-02-01-181
Notes
Ed Schopf was plant photographer for the Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation from 1930 to 1954.
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Collection
Ed Schopf Safe Harbor Collection
Object ID
ES-02-01-182
Date Range
c. 1931
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Ed Schopf Safe Harbor Collection
Description
Photograph album #4. View of Safe Harbor dam
Provenance
Gift of Amer and Emma Kendig
Date Range
c. 1931
Creator
Schopf, Edward
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Susquehanna River
Safe Harbor Dam
Dams
Power Plants
Conestoga River
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4.75 x 6.25 inches
Object ID
ES-02-01-182
Notes
Ed Schopf was plant photographer for the Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation from 1930 to 1954.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/90050d01-67d8-4e57-8b42-279520098824
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Object ID
D-12-01-54
Date Range
no date
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Description
Slackwater Power Plant, former paper mill, on the Conestoga River between Conestoga Township and Manor Township.
Date Range
no date
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Slackwater Power Plant
Slackwater Dam
Conestoga River
Paper mills
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
10 x 8 inches
Print Size
10 x 8 inches
Object ID
D-12-01-54
Negative Number
yes glass
Other Number
G
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/94d700d3-7ff9-4b51-aac8-500721486220
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Canal along Conestoga at Slackwater, once that of Conestoga Navigation Company, now used by Pennslyvania Power and Light Company.
Object ID
1-01-05-65
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Canal along Conestoga at Slackwater, once that of Conestoga Navigation Company, now used by Pennslyvania Power and Light Company.
Description
Canal along Conestoga at Slackwater, once that of Conestoga Navigation Company, now used by Pennslyvania Power and Light Company.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Canals
Conestoga River
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Conestoga Navigation Company
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4.75 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-01-05-65
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/fa911193-4c36-41d5-bc4d-375007199700
Collection
Bridge Information Compiled by Benjamin Weaver
Title
Bridge Information Compiled by Benjamin Weaver
Object ID
MG0587
Date Range
1960s-1970s
, 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
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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
Ed Schopf Safe Harbor Collection
Object ID
ES-02-02-08
Date Range
1918
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Ed Schopf Safe Harbor Collection
Description
Ice jam on the Susquehanna River, looking up the Conestoga River.
Provenance
Gift of Amer and Emma Kendig
Date Range
1918
Creator
Schopf, Edward
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Ice jams
Susquehanna River
Conestoga River
Place
Martic Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Object ID
ES-02-02-08
Notes
Ed Schopf was plant photographer for the Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation from 1930 to 1954.
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9cd913a1-833d-4526-9769-072539360440
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor.
Port of Lancaster. The Conestoga Navigation Company, incorporated 1825, constructed on Conestoga Creek, from lancaster to the Susquehanna River, 9 locks and dams which wer used for slackwater navigation for about 40 years. A rock fill crib dam across the river made possible cargo exchanges with the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal located on the west shore.
Object ID
1-01-05-55
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Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor.
Port of Lancaster. The Conestoga Navigation Company, incorporated 1825, constructed on Conestoga Creek, from lancaster to the Susquehanna River, 9 locks and dams which wer used for slackwater navigation for about 40 years. A rock fill crib dam across the river made possible cargo exchanges with the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal located on the west shore.
Description
Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor.
Port of Lancaster. The Conestoga Navigation Company, incorporated 1825, constructed on Conestoga Creek, from lancaster to the Susquehanna River, 9 locks and dams which wer used for slackwater navigation for about 40 years. A rock fill crib dam across the river made possible cargo exchanges with the Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal located on the west shore.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Historical markers
Plaques
Transportation
Conestoga River
Susquehanna River
Conestoga Navigation Company
Canals
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
1-01-05-55
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3ea739a1-fd10-400d-b9c6-269786291620
Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Object ID
MG0410
Date Range
1691-1963
Lancaster Land drafts Lemon Street School Letters Manuscript groups Mortgages New Design, Earl Twp. New Holland Newspaper clippings Programs Real estate Real property surveys Reigart's Landing Susquehanna River Texas Texas Frontier Forces Windsor Forge Related Materials: Processing History: Cataloged by HST
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Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Description
The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.
Date Range
1691-1963
Year Range From
1691
Year Range To
1963
Date of Accumulation
1691-1963
Creator
Diffenderffer family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 10
People
Brubaker, John
Brubaker, Margaret
Brubaker, Philip
Davis, Sarah
Diffenderfer, David
Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk
Diffenderfer, John
Diffenderffer, Christina
Diffenderffer, David
Diffenderffer, David, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried
Diffenderffer, Harold F.
Diffenderffer, John, Jr.
Diffenderffer, John, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein
Diffenderffer, Michael
Freymyer, Jacob
Grim, Henry
Haupt, Charles Elvin
Hoch, Herman E.
Holl, Wendel
Hubley, Bernard
Kennerly, John
Kinzer, John
Kinzer, Magdalena
Koch, Mary
Koch, Melchior
Law, James D.
Markley, Henry
McCaskey, Donald G.
McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"
Nevin, Blanche
Painter, John
Penn, William
Rodman, John H.
Shirk, Henry
Smith, Oliver
Smith, William Evans
Sneider, Christian
Stone, David
Stone, George
Stone, Leonard
Stone, Mary
Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer
Thomson, Bill "Tommy"
Winter, John
Young, Matthias
Other Creators
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009
Diffenderffer, David
Subjects
Deeds
Letters
Real property
Search Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Conestoga River
Correspondence
Deeds
Drowning
Earl Twp.
England
Estate settlement
Finding aids
German Reformed Church of New Holland
Haupt Elementary School
Hutchings Printing House
King Street
Lancaster
Land drafts
Lemon Street School
Letters
Manuscript groups
Mortgages
New Design, Earl Twp.
New Holland
Newspaper clippings
Programs
Real estate
Real property surveys
Reigart's Landing
Susquehanna River
Texas
Texas Frontier Forces
Windsor Forge
Extent
1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0410
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).
Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.
Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other 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 collection 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
2006.MG0410_NOV
Other Numbers
MG-410
Classification
MG0410
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.
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