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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0900 I001
Date Range
No date
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
No date
Year
none
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0013
People
King, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Colerain Twp.
Conestoga Creek
Conestoga Twp.
Creeks
Lancaster Twp.
Lists
Little Britain Twp.
Manheim Twp.
Octoraro Creek, West Branch
Pequea Creek
Philadelphia Turnpike
Strasburg
Strasburg Twp.
Upper Leacock Twp.
Object Name
List
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0900 I001
Box Number
013
Additional Notes
Document type: List of bridges to receive bids.
1. Bridge over Conestoga Creek
[Manheim Twp. and Upper Leacock Twp.]
Location: At Hunsecker's.
2. Bridge over West Branch of Octoraro Creek
Colerain Twp. and Little Britain Twp.
Location: At James King's and Noble.
3. Bridge over Pequea Creek
[East Lampter Twp. and Strasburg Twp.
Location: On main road between Strasburg and Philadelphia Pike Road.
4. Bridge over Conestoga Creek
[Conestoga Twp. and Lancaster Twp.]
Location: At Huber's.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
List of minor bridge repairs for township supervisors
Object ID
Bridge F0905 I003
Date Range
1919
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
List of minor bridge repairs for township supervisors
Description
Document type: List of minor bridge repairs for township supervisors.
1. Big Conestoga No. 24
[Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp.]
Location: Over Conestoga Creek at Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.
2. Chickies No. 6
[East Hempfield Twp. and Rapho Twp.]
Location: Over Chickies Creek at Shenk's Mill.
3. Chickies No. 3
[Penn Twp. and Rapho Twp.]
Location: Over Chickies Creek.
4. Little Chickies No. 2
[Mount Joy Twp. and Rapho Twp.]
Location: Over Little Chickies Creek.
5. Big Chickies No. 13
[East Donegal Twp. and West Hempfield Twp.]
6. Pequea No. 6
[Leacock Twp. and Paradise Twp.]
Location: Over Pequea Creek at Parkes' Nursery.
7. Pequea No. 8
Location: Over Pequea Creek.
8. Mill Creek No. 2.75
[East Lampeter Twp.]
Location: Over Mill Creek, first bridge above Yeates' School.
9. Raccoon Creek Bridge
Little Britain Twp. and [Chester County]
Location: Over Raccoon Creek near Kinseyville, Little Britain Twp.
10. Hammer Creek No. 2
[Ephrata Twp. and Warwick Twp.]
Location: Over Hammer Creek.
11. Cocalico No. 3
[Ephrata Twp.]
Location: Over Cocalico Creek at quarry south of Ephrata.
12. Conestoga No. 1
Caernarvon Twp.
Location: Over Conestoga Creek near Churchtown, Caernarvon Twp.
13. Bridge No. 23
Location: Over [Conestoga Creek] at Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
14. Conewago No. 2
[Lancaster County and Dauphin County]
Location: Over Conewago Creek.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1919
Year
1919
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0013
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Big Chickies Bridge
Big Conestoga Bridge
Bridges
Caernarvon Twp.
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Chickies Bridge
Chickies Creek
Chiques Creek
Churchtown, Caernarvon Twp.
Cocalico Bridge
Cocalico Creek
Conestoga Bridge
Conestoga Creek
Conestoga Twp.
Conewago Bridge
Conewago Creek
Creeks
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
East Donegal Twp.
East Hempfield Twp.
East Lampeter Twp.
Ephrata
Ephrata Twp.
Hammer Creek
Hammer Creek Bridge
Kinseyville, Little Britain Twp.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Leacock Twp.
Lists
Little Britain Twp.
Little Chickies Bridge
Little Chiques Bridge
Little Chiques Creek
Little Chickies Creek
Manor Twp.
Mills
Mill Creek
Mill Creek Bridge
Mount Joy Twp.
Nurseries
Paradise Twp.
Parkes' Nursery
Penn Twp.
Pequea Bridge
Pequea Creek
Quarries
Raccoon Creek
Raccoon Creek Bridge
Rapho Twp.
Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.
Shenk's Mill
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Warwick Twp.
West Hempfield Twp.
Yeates School
Extent
1 item, 2 pieces
Object Name
List
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0905 I003
Box Number
013
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
Less detail
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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Collection
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.
Documents
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