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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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The covered bridges of Columbia County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Barton, Edwin Michelet.

Date of Publication: 1962.

Call Number: 624 B293

Author: Barton, Edwin Michelet.

Place of Publication: Bloomsburg, Pa

Publisher: Columbia County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1962.

Physical Description: 32 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 22 cm.

Series: The Columbian. Pamphlet series ; v. 1, no. 3

Notes: Bibliography: p. 27,31.

Subjects: Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Columbia County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 624 B293

Covered bridges of Pennsylvania : a portfolio

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Date of Publication: 1962.

Call Number: 624.2 C873a

Place of Publication: Downingtown, Pa

Publisher: Industrial Arts Department, Joint Senior High School, Downingtown, Pa. ,

Date of Publication: 1962.

Physical Description: 10 leaves in folder : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents: Kutz's Mill Bridge, Lancaster Co.--Newcomer's Bridge--West of Homeville, Pa.--Soudersburg Bridge, Lancaster Co.--Landis Mill Bridge, Lancaster Co.--Dreibelbis Bridge, Berks Co.--Nolt's Point Mill Bridge, Near Oregon, Pa.--Valley Forge Bridge, Valley Forge Park--Wenger's Mill Bridge, Brownstown, Pa.--Kauffman's Distillery Bridge, Lancaster Co.--Clay's Bridge, Perry Co.

Subjects: Covered bridges - Pennsylvania

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 624.2 C873a

Covered bridges of Pennsylvania Dutchland

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Author: Horst, Mel

Edition: Rev. ed.

Date of Publication: l963, c1960

Call Number: 624 H819

Responsibility: Photography by Mel Horst ; Text by Elmer L. Smith.

Author: Horst, Mel

Edition: Rev. ed.

Place of Publication: Witmer, Pa

Publisher: Applied Arts,

Date of Publication: l963, c1960

Physical Description: 42 p. : ill. (mostly photographs) ; 29 cm.

Notes: Colored photographs on cover.

Subjects: Covered bridges - Pennsylvania.

Additional Author: Smith, Elmer Lewis.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 624 H819

The fifth Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge

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Author: Mayo, R. S.

Date of Publication: 1969.

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Responsibility: by Robert S. Mayo, C.E.

Author: Mayo, R. S.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1969.

Physical Description: [26]-33 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 73, no. 1

Subjects: Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Bridges; Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Lancaster County, Pa.)

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 73, number 1 (1969), p. 26-33Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.73