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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-20-04-75
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Bridge #23 over the Conestoga River near Slackwater
Provenance
Photographs taken by Lancaster County during bridge repair work. Gift of Gordon Reed.
Year Range From
1920
Year Range To
1929
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Search Terms
Covered bridges
Conestoga River
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Place
Manor Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.25 x 5.5 inches
Object ID
1-20-04-75
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Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Object ID
A-36-01-39
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Diffenderfer Album 1
Description
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.
Year Range From
1900
Year Range To
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Fondersmith, Ida Slaymaker
Fondersmith, Anna
McNeal, David
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Horses
Carriages
Conestoga River
Covered bridges
Bridges
Farms
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5 inches
Object ID
A-36-01-39
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Covered bridge at Slackwater over the Conestoga River. Bridge built in 1839, 269 feet long.
Object ID
1-01-04-63
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Covered bridge at Slackwater over the Conestoga River. Bridge built in 1839, 269 feet long.
Description
Covered bridge at Slackwater over the Conestoga River. Bridge built in 1839, 269 feet long.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Covered bridges
Conestoga River
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4.75 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-01-04-63
Images
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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
  1 image  
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
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-15-01-40
Date Range
c. 1904
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
General Collection
Description
Covered bridge at Slackwater
Provenance
Arnold Glass-Plate Collection
Date Range
c. 1904
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Covered bridges
Bridges
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Object ID
1-15-01-40
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-14-02-74
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
General Collection
Description
Covered bridge at Slackwater
Provenance
In a box labeled "From Mrs. Leo Ruof, 1-18-56".
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Covered bridges
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Object ID
1-14-02-74
Images
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Collection
Churches Album
Object ID
A-32-01-62
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Churches Album
Description
Slackwater Mennonite Meetinghouse
Provenance
Album compiled as a companion to "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County - A Complete Guide" by A. Hunter Rineer.
Page 82, #11
Creator
Rineer, Amos Hunter Jr.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Religion
Meetinghouses
Mennonites
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 3 inches
Object ID
A-32-01-62
Images
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Collection
Architecture Collection
Object ID
2002.104.1
  1 image  
Collection
Architecture Collection
Description
Spike used in the construction of the Slackwater bridge.
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Guild Vault
Storage Wall
South Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 04
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
Subcategory
Building Component
Search Terms
Bridges
Slackwater Bridge
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Spike
Material
Iron
Length (in)
10.75
Diameter (in)
1.25
Object ID
2002.104.1
Accession Number
2002.104
Images
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Collection
Mildred Shopf Smiley Photograph Collection
Object ID
MS-01-03-30
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Mildred Shopf Smiley Photograph Collection
Description
Electric power plant at Slackwater
Provenance
Gift of Beth Mitten
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Creeks
Power plants
Utilities
Place
Manor Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
2.75 x 4.5 inches
Object ID
MS-01-03-30
Images
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Collection
Mildred Shopf Smiley Photograph Collection
Object ID
MS-01-04-06
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Mildred Shopf Smiley Photograph Collection
Description
Covered bridge at Slackwater
Provenance
Gift of Beth Mitten
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Covered bridges
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Place
Manor Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 4.75 inches
Object ID
MS-01-04-06
Images
Less detail

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