- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Canal along Conestoga at Slackwater, once that of Conestoga Navigation Company, now used by Pennslyvania Power and Light Company.
- Object ID
- 1-01-05-65
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Canal along Conestoga at Slackwater, once that of Conestoga Navigation Company, now used by Pennslyvania Power and Light Company.
- Description
- Canal along Conestoga at Slackwater, once that of Conestoga Navigation Company, now used by Pennslyvania Power and Light Company.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Canals
- Conestoga River
- Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
- Conestoga Navigation Company
- Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
- Place
- Conestoga Twp.
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 4.75 x 3 inches
- Object ID
- 1-01-05-65
Images
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Remains of Conestoga Navigation Company canal lock at Wabank near Quaker Hills development.
- Object ID
- 1-01-05-87
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Remains of Conestoga Navigation Company canal lock at Wabank near Quaker Hills development.
- Description
- Remains of Conestoga Navigation Company canal lock at Wabank near Quaker Hills development.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Canals
- Transportation
- Conestoga River
- Conestoga Navigation Company
- Canal locks
- Wabank, Lancaster Twp.
- Quaker Hills development
- Place
- Lancaster Twp.
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 6.75 x 5 inches
- Object ID
- 1-01-05-87
Images
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Three story building with group of men and women standing on the porch and balcony. Sign haning out front reads Railroad House. Possibly at Safe Harbor.
- Object ID
- 1-01-05-26
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Photograph- Three story building with group of men and women standing on the porch and balcony. Sign haning out front reads Railroad House. Possibly at Safe Harbor.
- Description
- Three story building with group of men and women standing on the porch and balcony. Sign haning out front reads Railroad House. Possibly at Safe Harbor.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Hotels
- Business
- Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.
- Place
- Conestoga Twp.
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 7 x 5 inches
- Object ID
- 1-01-05-26
Images
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Historic marker placed by the Pennsylvania Water and Power Corporation near Safe Harbor.
- The Susquehannocks. The most warlike of all Indian tribes lived along this river. Thier power was broken in 1675 by a long war with the Five Natio
- Object ID
- 1-01-05-52
1 image
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Title
- Historic marker placed by the Pennsylvania Water and Power Corporation near Safe Harbor.
- The Susquehannocks. The most warlike of all Indian tribes lived along this river. Thier power was broken in 1675 by a long war with the Five Natio
- Description
- Historic marker placed by the Pennsylvania Water and Power Corporation near Safe Harbor:
- "The Susquehannocks. The most warlike of all Indian tribes lived along this river. Thier power was broken in 1675 by a long war with the Five Nations, and the Maryland and Virginia colonies. Fortified towns were located near Turkey Hill and near Long Level. An Indian exploration by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission and the Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation in 1930 recovered thousands of artifacts, now in the Pennsylvania State Museum at Harrisburg."
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Historical markers
- Indigenous peoples
- Native Americans
- Pennsylvania Water and Power Company
- Plaques
- Power plants
- Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation
- Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.
- Susquehanna River
- Place
- Conestoga Twp.
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 5 x 7 inches
- Object ID
- 1-01-05-52
Images
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1830 #115
- 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
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0010
- People
- Hershey, Andrew
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Place
- Lancaster Twp.
- Extent
- 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2008-03-25
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1830 #115
- Box Number
- 010
- Notes
- Date ntered into Q&A was not recorded.
- Additional Notes
- Bridges.
- Lancaster and Lampeter Twps.
- Payment for stone for the Conestoga bridge at Hostetter's.
- Hershey, Andrew.
- 1 item. 1 piece.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 08-01 0510
- Description Level
- Item
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1830 #193
- 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
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0010
- People
- Burns, Christian
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Place
- Lancaster Twp.
- Extent
- 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2008-03-25
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1830 #193
- Box Number
- 010
- Notes
- Entered into Q&A Aug 2, 2001.
- Additional Notes
- Bridges.
- Payment for broken stone for Witmer Bridge.
- Burns, Christian.
- 1 item. 1 piece.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 08-01 0510
- Description Level
- Item
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Lancaster 250 Collection
- Description
- The famous Lady Gay steamboat near her wharf at the foot of East King Street on the Conestoga River.
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Lady Gay
- Steamboats
- Conestoga River
- Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
- Place
- Lancaster Twp.
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Film Size
- 2.25 x 2.75 inches
- Print Size
- 5 x 7 inches
- Object ID
- A-09-01-44
- Negative Number
- yes
- Other Number
- PC-53
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- General Collection
- Description
- Israel Groff's Factory bridge at water's edge in Lancaster Township, a half mile south of Eden on the Conestoga River. 158 feet long, built in 1848.
- Provenance
- digital image only - original owned by Milton Haldeman
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Groff Factory Bridge
- Lancaster Twp.
- Conestoga River
- Covered bridges
- Place
- Lancaster Twp.
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Condition
- Good
- Object ID
- 1-09-05-41
Images
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- Ed Schopf Safe Harbor Collection
- Description
- Stoneroads Mill covered bridge, northwest of Bausman. Hand colored.
- Provenance
- Gift of Amer and Emma Kendig
- Creator
- Schopf, Edward
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Search Terms
- Covered bridges
- Little Conestoga Creek
- Bausman, Lancaster Twp.
- Place
- Lancaster Twp.
- Object Name
- Print, Photographic
- Print Size
- 4.75 x 6.25 inches
- Object ID
- ES-02-02-02
- Notes
- Ed Schopf was plant photographer for the Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation from 1930 to 1954.
Images
- Collection
- Commissioners' Orders for Payment
- Title
- Commissioners' order for payment
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1828 #558
- 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
- Creator
- County Commissioners
- Storage Location
- LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
- Storage Container
- Box 0009
- People
- Hostetter, Jacob
- Subcategory
- Documentary Artifact
- Place
- Lancaster Twp.
- Extent
- 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)
- Object Name
- Documents
- Language
- English
- Condition
- Fair
- Condition Date
- 2008-03-25
- Object ID
- CommOrder 1828 #558
- Box Number
- 009
- Notes
- Entered into Q&A Jul 12, 2001.
- Additional Notes
- Bridges.
- Lampeter Twp. and Lancaster Twp.
- Payment for hauling stone for Hostetter's Bridge over the Conestoga River.
- Hostetter, Jacob.
- 1 item. 1 piece.
- Access Conditions / Restrictions
- Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.
- Classification
- RG 08-01 0510
- Description Level
- Item