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Agreement

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Agreement for amount due for bridge repair
Object ID
Bridge F0460 I002
Date Range
1854
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Agreement for amount due for bridge repair
Description
[Lancaster City and West Lampeter Twp.]
Location: Over [Conestoga Creek].
Document type: Agreement for amount due for bridge repair
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1854
Year
1854
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0007
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Agreements
Bridges
Conestoga Creek
Creeks
Lancaster
Old Factory Bridge
West Lampeter Twp.
Place
Lancaster and West Lampeter Twp.
Extent
1 item, 1 piece
Object Name
Agreement
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0460 I002
Box Number
007
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Documents

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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1831 #108
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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Description
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Year
1831
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0011
People
Eberman, John
Search Terms
Bridges
Lancaster
Conestoga River
Witmer's Bridge
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Place
Lancaster
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1831 #108
Box Number
011
Notes
Entered into Q&A Aug 7, 2001.
Additional Notes
Bridges.
Payment of interest on mortgage on Abraham Witmer's bridge.
Eberman, John. Cashier, Farmers First Bank.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
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Documents

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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Object ID
CommOrder 1827 #365
Date Range
1827
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Collection
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Title
Commissioners' order for payment
Description
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Date Range
1827
Date of Accumulation
1810-1901
Creator
County Commissioners
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0007
People
Deitrich, Michael
Dietrich, Philip
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Lancaster
Bridges
Conestoga River
Witmer's Bridge
Commissioners' Orders for Payment
Place
Lancaster
Extent
70 boxes (35 cubic tabard.)
Object Name
Documents
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
2008-03-25
Object ID
CommOrder 1827 #365
Box Number
007
Notes
Entered into Q & A Jun 7, 2001.
Additional Notes
Bridges.
Payment for Witmer's Bridge.
Deitrich, Michael. Administrator for Dietrich, Philip, deceased.
See also CommOrder 1827 #356 and CommOrder 1827 #357.
1 item. 1 piece.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 08-01 0510
Description Level
Item
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Fragment

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Collection
Architecture Collection
Object ID
1975.010
Date Range
1840-1863
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Collection
Architecture Collection
Description
Wooden piece of Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Burned June 28th, 1863.
Date Range
1840-1863
Year Range From
1840
Year Range To
1863
Storage Location
LCHS / Willson Memorial Building
Storage Room
Guild Vault
Storage Wall
West Wall
Storage Cabinet
Unit 01
Storage Shelf
Shelf 2
Subcategory
Artifact Remnant
Search Terms
Bridges
Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge
Object Name
Fragment
Material
Wood
Height (in)
9.75
Length (in)
3.25
Width (in)
7
Condition
Good
Object ID
1975.010
Accession Number
1975.010
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Petition

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Petition for a bridge; order and report of viewers
Object ID
Bridge F0140 I007
Date Range
1856
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Petition for a bridge; order and report of viewers
Description
Court term: January 1856.
Location: On public highway from Lancaster to York Furnace Bridge, at Colemanville, Conestoga Twp.
Document types: Petition for a bridge.
Order and report of viewers.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1856
Year
1856
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0002
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Colemanville, Conestoga Twp.
Conestoga Twp.
Creeks
Lancaster
Martic Twp.
Orders
Pequea Creek
Petitions
Reports
York Furnace Bridge
Place
Conestoga Twp. and Martic Twp.
Extent
2 items, 2 pieces
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0140 I007
Box Number
002
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Print, Photographic

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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-07-08-18
Date Range
1976
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Bicentennial parade of Conestoga wagons over the Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge.
Date Range
1976
Creator
Krone, Herbert Brickley
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bicentennial parades
Conestoga Wagon
Bridges
Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge
Parades
Place
Columbia
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
2-07-08-18
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A prologue to the construction of the fifth Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge

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Author
Newcomer, L. W.
Date of Publication
1971.
A Prologue to the Construction of the Fifth Columbia- Wrightsville Bridge by L. W. Newcomer Construction of the fifth Columbia-Wrightsville bridge across the Susquehanna River is described, and recorded for posterity, in the Journal of The Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. 73, No. 1, 1969
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  1 document  
Responsibility
by L. W. Newcomer.
Author
Newcomer, L. W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1971.
Physical Description
[119]-124 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 75, no. 3
Subjects
Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Bridges
Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government.
York County (Pa.) - Politics and government.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 75, number 3 (1971), p. 119-124Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.75
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Record, Judicial

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Notice of bridges needing repair
Object ID
Bridge F0900 I004
Date Range
1854
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Notice of bridges needing repair
Description
Document type: Notice of bridges needing repair
1. Old Factory Bridge
[Lancaster City and West Lampeter Twp.]
Location: Over Conestoga Creek.
2. Bridge over Pequea Creek
[Strasburg Twp. and West Lampeter Twp.]
Location: Near Henry Herr's Mill.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1854
Year
1854
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0013
People
Herr, Henry
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Conestoga Creek
Creeks
Factories
Henry Herr's Mill
Lancaster
Mills
Notices
Old Factory Bridge
Pequea Creek
Strasburg Twp.
West Lampeter Twp.
Extent
1 item, 1 piece
Object Name
Record, Judicial
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0900 I004
Box Number
013
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Report

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Order and report of viewers
Object ID
Bridge F0315 I005
Date Range
1857
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Order and report of viewers
Description
Court term: April 1857.
Location: On the New Holland Turnpike, former site of Binkley's Bridge.
Document type: Order and report of viewers.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1857
Year
1857
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0005
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Binkley's Bridge
Bridges
Conestoga Creek
Creeks
East Lampeter Twp.
Manheim Twp.
New Holland Turnpike
Orders
Reports
Roads
Turnpikes
Place
East Lampeter Twp. and Manheim Twp.
Extent
1 item, 1 piece
Object Name
Report
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0315 I005
Box Number
005
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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