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Transparency, Slide

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/338e33e9-2517-42eb-b71b-299425590671
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
5-03-06-41
Date Range
1962
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Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
General Collection
Description
White Rock Forge Covered Bridge over West Octoraro Creek.
Date Range
1962
Creator
Einolf, Albert L.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Search Terms
Bridges
Colerain Twp.
Covered bridges
Creeks
Forges
Octoraro Creek, West Branch
West Octoraro Creek
White Rock Covered Bridge
White Rock Forge Covered Bridge
Place
Colerain Twp.
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
5-03-06-41
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Archive

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
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.
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Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ebadea02-7f2c-4998-b1d2-392759509150
Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
Hanover, York County Hershey, Derry Twp., Dauphin County Ironville, West Hempfield Twp. J. G. Brill Co. Kinport Road Lancaster Lancaster & York Street Railway Company Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company Lancaster, Elizabethtown
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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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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/28d01ac7-aee8-4a79-8079-736452113400
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-21-01-25
Date Range
January 17, 1962
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Stone bridge over a creek on Pinetown Road.
Provenance
Donated by Deanna M. Nolder.
Loose pages from photo album belonging to donor's late grandfather, G.Ross Bond of York, PA.
Date Range
January 17, 1962
Creator
Bond, George Ross
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Stone arch bridges
Bridges
Creeks
Pinetown Road
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 4 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
2-21-01-25
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/406c5dbf-6338-4f6a-981a-773120772520
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Willis Farm, Kirks Mills.
Object ID
1-02-03-62
Date Range
October 1960
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Willis Farm, Kirks Mills.
Description
Willis Farm, Kirks Mills.
Date Range
October 1960
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Farmhouses
Houses
Kirks Mills, Little Britain Twp.
Place
Kirks Mills, Little Britain Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
5 x 3.5 inches
Object ID
1-02-03-62
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e6129788-e0b2-410f-beba-398082043352
Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Title
Train wreck on Conestoga River Bridge
Object ID
A-09-02-52
Date Range
1960/02/02
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Lancaster 250 Collection
Title
Train wreck on Conestoga River Bridge
Description
Pennsylvania freight train wreck on Conestoga River Bridge at Grofftown Road. Train was carrying United States Mail.
Date Range
1960/02/02
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subject
Railroad accidents
Search Terms
Bridges
Conestoga River
Conestoga River Bridge
Grofftown Road
Mail
Manheim Twp.
Railroads
Train accidents
Trains
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Film Size
2.25 x 2.75 inches
Print Size
5 x 7 inches
Object ID
A-09-02-52
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
PC-208
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2959ee14-aed5-4aff-b63a-441705432441
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-21-03-08
Date Range
December 16, 1968
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Stackstown Mill, Stackstown, Conoy Twp. Stone mill next to stone bridge over Conoy Creek.
Provenance
Donated by Deanna M. Nolder.
Loose pages from photo album belonging to donor's late grandfather, G.Ross Bond of York, PA.
Date Range
December 16, 1968
Creator
Bond, George Ross
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Stackstown Mill
Stackstown, Conoy Twp.
Stone arch bridges
Conoy Creek
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
2-21-03-08
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b9948b29-6cca-41ad-9dee-433868174962
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-09-05-34
Date Range
c. 1960
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Poole Forge Bridge, west of Churchtown in Caernarvon Township on starting branch if Conestoga Creek. 99 feet long, built 1859.
Provenance
digital image only - original owned by Milton Haldeman
Date Range
c. 1960
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Poole Forge
Churchtown, Caernarvon Twp.
Conestoga Creek
Covered bridges
Place
Caernarvon Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-09-05-34
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/9ed35f2b-dd2f-495d-a730-130851132780
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-09-05-35
Date Range
c. 1960
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Isaac Shearer's Mill bridge, one mile north of Goodville in Caernarvon Township on starting branch of the Conestoga Creek. 8 feet long, built in 1878.
Provenance
digital image only - original owned by Milton Haldeman
Date Range
c. 1960
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Shearer, Isaac
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Shearer's Mill
Goodville, East Earl Twp.
Conestoga Creek
Covered bridges
Place
Caernarvon Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
1-09-05-35
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General highway map : Lancaster County Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5749
Date of Publication
1962.
Call Number
974.815 LACO 501 pt. 2 Oversize
974.815 LACO 501 pt.1 Oversize
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Responsibility
prepared by the Pennsylvania Departments of Highways.
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg, Pa.]
Publisher
Pennsylvania Department of Highways ,
Date of Publication
1962.
Physical Description
1 map on 2 sheets ; 89 x 119 cm.
Notes
Map contains transportation information and general cultural and physical features.
Includes legend and 67 insets.
Subjects
Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Transportation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Road maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACO 501 pt. 2 Oversize
974.815 LACO 501 pt.1 Oversize
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