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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/cf038fa4-fd9a-46ec-933b-748520456491
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0090 I002
Date Range
1857/01
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Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1857/01
Year
1857
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0001
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Colerain Twp.
Creeks
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania
Mills
Mount Vernon, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Octoraro Creek, East Branch
Orders
Petitions
Reports
Worth's Mill
Place
Colerain Twp. and Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0090 I002
Box Number
001
Additional Notes
Bridge over [East Branch] of Octoraro Creek
Court term: January 1857.
Location: On public highway from Worth's Mill, Lancaster County, to Mount Vernon, Chester County.
Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.
Order and report of viewers.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0720 I004
Date Range
1846
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Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1846
Year
1846
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0011
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Creeks
Fords
Jones' Ford
Little Britain Twp.
Octoraro Creek
Orders
Penningtonville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Petitions
Reports
Sadsbury Twp.
Sadsbury Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania
West Fallowfield Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania
Place
Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster County and West Fallowfield Twp., Chester County
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0720 I004
Box Number
011
Additional Notes
[Sadsbury Twp. and Sadsbury Twp.], Chester County
Court term: January 1846.
Location: On public road from Penningtonville, Chester County, to Little Britain Twp., at Jones' Fording.
Document types: Petition for a bridge.
Order and report of viewers.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0045 I005
Date Range
1835/11
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Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1835/11
Year
1835
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0001
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
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Bridges
Cocalico Twp.
Conestoga Creek
Creeks
Earl Twp.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Hinkletown, Earl Twp.
Orders
Petitions
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Reports
Place
Cocalico Twp. and Earl Twp.
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0045 I005
Box Number
001
Additional Notes
Court term: November 1835.
Location: At Hinkletown, Earl Twp., on public highway from Harrisburg to Philadelphia.
Document types: Petition for a bridge.
Order and report of viewers.
2 items, 4 pieces
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ae08fa75-cf70-4e71-b423-942810977023
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0060 I009
Date Range
1841/01
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Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1841/01
Year
1841
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0001
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
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Bridges
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Colerain Twp.
Creeks
Fords
Lancaster
Octoraro Creek, East Branch
Orders
Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Petitions
Reports
Whiteside's Ford
Place
Colerain Twp. and Chester County
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0060 I009
Box Number
001
Additional Notes
Bridge over [East Branch] of Octoraro Creek
Court term: January 1841.
Location: On public road from Lancaster City to Oxford, Chester County, at Whitesides Fording.
Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.
Order and report of viewers.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0060 I011
Date Range
1842
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Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1842
Year
1842
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0001
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Colerain Twp.
Creeks
Fords
Lancaster
Octoraro Creek, East Branch
Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Petitions
Whiteside's Ford
Place
Colerain Twp. and Chester County
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0060 I011
Box Number
001
Additional Notes
Bridge over [East Branch] of Octoraro Creek
Location: On public road from Lancaster City to Oxford, Chester County, [at Whitesides Fording].
Document type: Petition for appoinment of inspectors.
1 item, 1 piece
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0060 I012
Date Range
1848
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Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1848
Year
1848
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0001
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Colerain Twp.
Creeks
Fords
Hodgson's Ford
McCall's Ferry, Martic Twp.
Octoraro Creek, East Branch
Orders
Petitions
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Reports
Place
Colerain Twp. and Chester County
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0060 I012
Box Number
001
Additional Notes
Bridge over [East Branch] of Octoraro Creek
Location: On road leading from Philadelphia to McCall's Ferry, Martic Twp., at Hodgson's Fording.
Document types: Petition for appoinment of viewers.
Order and report of viewers.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0090 I008
Date Range
1918
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Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1918
Year
1918
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0001
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Colerain Twp.
Creeks
Fords
Holmes' Ford
Inspections
Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania
Nine Points, Bart Twp.
Octoraro Creek, East Branch
Orders
Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Petitions
Reports
Place
Colerain Twp. and Lower Oxford Twp., Chester County
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0090 I008
Box Number
001
Additional Notes
Bridge over [East Branch] of Octoraro Creek
Location: On public road from Nine Points, Bart Twp., to Oxford, Chester County, at Holmes' Fording.
Document types: Petition for appointment of inspectors.
Order for inspection and inspection report.
2 items, 2 pieces
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Case Number
94.000
Classification
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Petition for appointment of inspectors; Order for inspection and inspection report
Object ID
Bridge F0095 I002
Date Range
1888
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Bridge Records
Title
Petition for appointment of inspectors; Order for inspection and inspection report
Description
Bridge over [East Branch] of Octoraro Creek
Location: On public highway from the road from Andrews Bridge to the Union to Street Road in Chester County.
Document types: Petition for appointment of inspectors.
Order for inspection and inspection report.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1888
Year
1888
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0001
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Andrews Bridge
Bridges
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Colerain Twp.
Creeks
Inspections
Octoraro Creek, East Branch
Orders
Petitions
Reports
Roads
Street Road
Union, Colerain Twp.
Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania
Place
Colerain Twp. and Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County
Extent
2 items, 2 pieces
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0095 I002
Box Number
001
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0180 I003
Date Range
1852/08
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Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1852/08
Year
1852
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0003
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Conewago Creek
Conoy Twp.
Creeks
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Falmouth, Conoy Twp.
Inspections
Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Orders
Petitions
Reports
Place
Conoy Twp. and Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0180 I003
Box Number
003
Additional Notes
Court term: August 1852.
Location: On public highway from Falmouth, Conoy Twp., to Middletown, Dauphin County.
Document types: Petition for appointment of inspectors.
Order for inspection and inspection report.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Classification
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Petition for appointment of viewers; order and report of viewers
Object ID
Bridge F0185 I001
Date Range
1874/04
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Bridge Records
Title
Petition for appointment of viewers; order and report of viewers
Description
Court term: April 1874.
Location: On road leading from the Falmouth Turnpike to Middletown, Dauphin County.
Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.
Order and report of viewers.
Date Range
1874/04
Year
1874
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0003
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Conewago Creek
Conoy Twp.
Creeks
Falmouth Turnpike
Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Orders
Petitions
Reports
Roads
Turnpikes
West Donegal Twp., Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Place
Conoy Twp. and West Donegal Twp., Dauphin County
Extent
2 items, 3 pieces
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0185 I001
Box Number
003
Access Conditions / Restrictions
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Case Number
446.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
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