Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Written on back: "Old stone house near Lexington (at Snavely's Mill) Lancaster County, Pa. Built by Christian and Elizabeth Ebi [Eby] in 1753. (Stone set in wall) Aug 20, 1932".
Written on back: "At Brickerville Lutheran Church-yard Grave of Elizabeth, the wife of Baron Steigel, famous mfgr. of glass near Manheim, Pa. in Pre-Revolutinary times".
Sunday school class from St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Penryn camping in Irael Bomberger's meadow along the Hammer Creek near Lexington. Front row: Bobby Frey and Harold Galebach. Second row: Herbert Fry, John Nestleroth, Isaac Long. Teacher Harry Bomberger is standing in back.
These old photos taken back in the early 1930s prior to the closure of the dam at Safe Harbor are on Indian petrographs on rocks that later were submerged in the Susquehanna River. These are presented to the LCHS by Brig. Gen. Richard B. Nissley, 1117 Wheatland Ave., Lancaster.
He says they were taken by his scoutmaster when Gen. Nissley was a Boy Scout.
These old photos taken back in the early 1930s prior to the closure of the dam at Safe Harbor are on Indian petrographs on rocks that later were submerged in the Susquehanna River. These are presented to the LCHS by Brig. Gen. Richard B. Nissley, 1117 Wheatland Ave., Lancaster.
He says they were taken by his scoutmaster when Gen. Nissley was a Boy Scout.
