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Collection: Bridge Information Compiled by Benjamin Weaver

Title: Bridge Information Compiled by Benjamin Weaver

Object ID: MG0587

Date Range: 1960s-1970s

Content Note: 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

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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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Collection: Mills and Bridges of Lancaster County, The R. Harold Barton Collection

Title: Mills and Bridges of Lancaster County

Object ID: MG0015

Date Range: 1637-1916

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Collection: Mills and Bridges of Lancaster County, The R. Harold Barton Collection

Title: Mills and Bridges of Lancaster County

Description: Collection contains the research materials of R. Harold Barton on the mills and bridges of Lancaster County. Included are field notes, working papers, photographer's negatives, and postcards. Indexes are available listing mills by name and location, and bridges by name.; Four notebooks are the finished product of the mills and bridges research of R. Harold Barton. These notebooks are in the library under Barton, R. Harold on the online catalog (LC621.85, B283, v.1-v.4). The notebooks constitute 1 cubic ft. of the collection.; The remaining six boxes are located within the manuscript collection. These boxes house working papers, field notes, worksheets, notebooks, photographs, negatives, additional albums of photographs and other miscellaneous material relating to Lancaster County bridges and mills.; Mr. Barton uses a numerical system to locate bridges and mills by township or by the names of the streams, rivers, runs and creeks. Three indexes have been prepared: one lists the bridges by name, one the location by town or townships, and one the names of the mills.; There are a few notes related to Lancaster County gunsmiths, missionaries, and Indian traders.

System of Arrangement: Collection is arranged by township, number, and index.

Date Range: 1637-1916

Creation Date: 1637-1916

Year Range From: 1637

Year Range To: 1916

Date of Accumulation: 1637-1916

Creator: Barton, R. Harold

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 01

People: Barton, R. Harold

Subjects: Bridges; Covered bridges; Mills and mill-work; Research

Search Terms: Bridges; Covered bridges; Mills; Research; Manuscript groups; Finding aids

Extent: 6 boxes, 2 notebooks, 33 folders, 2.4 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0015

Location of Originals: 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.

Other Numbers: MG-15

Classification: MG0015

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database 6 March 2018.

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Covered bridges

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Author: Caruthers, Elizabeth Gipe.

Date of Publication: [1979?]

Call Number: 624 C326

Responsibility: by Elizabeth Gipe Caruthers and William W. Mussmann.

Author: Caruthers, Elizabeth Gipe.

Place of Publication: York, Pa

Publisher: York Graphic Services, Inc.,

Date of Publication: [1979?]

Physical Description: 71, [1] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Limited edition of 4000 copies.

Subjects: Covered bridges - United States.

Additional Author: Mussmann, William W.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 624 C326

Historic bridges of Pennsylvania

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Author: Shank, William H.

Edition: 2d ed.

Date of Publication: 1974.

Call Number: 624.1 S524

Responsibility: by William H. Shank.

Author: Shank, William H.

Edition: 2d ed.

Place of Publication: York, Pa

Publisher: American Canal & Transportation Center,

Date of Publication: 1974.

Physical Description: 68 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: Since the first covered bridge in America was built across the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia in 1805, Pennsylvania has been the testing ground for some of the world's most unusual and interesting bridges. Shank delves into the lives and works of Burr, Wernwag, Town, Howe, Ellet, Roebling and Modjeski and others who revolutionized bridge-building of the past 5000 years. With 2-color photos and drawings, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in all bridges...covered to suspension...old or new. [from Abebooks.com]

Subjects: Historic bridges - Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 624.1 S524

Penn Manor Covered Bridges

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Author: Jolly, James A.

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 624 J75

Author: Jolly, James A.

Place of Publication: Photocopy

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 14 leaves ; 28 cm.

Notes: Abridgement appears in Millersville-Penn Manor (Pennsylania) Bicentennial Committee, Millersville-Penn Manor Community History, p. 89-96.

Subjects: Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 624 J75

Postcard

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Collection: Postcard Collection

Title: Home for the Holidays in Lancaster County

Object ID: 967-012

Date Range: 1972

1 image

Object Name: Postcard

Collection: Postcard Collection

Title: Home for the Holidays in Lancaster County

Description: 1972 Home for the Holidays in Lancaster County, original oil painting by Jay McVey, Ephrata, Penna., for Friends of the Ephrata Public Library. Fiands Mill Bridge.