Bridges Archives
Wrightsville's Lincoln Highway Garage with a Movie Theatre
Nick Lentz noted that when his grandparents dated they often went to the Imperial Theatre in Wrightsville. Those dates always included shared dreams of buying a car as they walked by an enticing car lot at the theatre entrance. That car lot turned out to be shrewdly located by the common owner of the Theatre and the Lincoln Highway Garage; which was an agency for Ford, Dodge and Buick automobiles.
All Posts, Automobiles, Bridges, Buildings, Businesses, Maps, Pennsylvania, Roads, Susquehanna River, Various Locations, York County September 26, 2020 September 28, 2020
The Highway Bridge Service Station on the Lincoln Highway
Naugle's Service Station in Stony Brook had perhaps the widest range of services and the most unique promotional giveaway of any garage on the Lincoln Highway.
Airplanes, All Posts, Automobiles, Bridges, Buildings, Businesses, Pennsylvania, Railroads, Roads, Springettsbury Township, Talks, York County June 29, 2020 July 5, 2020
Remembering the North Hills Road underpass
Through 1960, North Hills Road in Springettsbury Township was reduced to a single lane of traffic as it shared the railroad underpass with Three-Mile Run. In this 1952 view, the car is traveling north; with Three-Mile Run located at the west side of the underpass. In 1960, the North Hills
All Posts, Bridges, Pennsylvania, Railroads, Roads, Springettsbury Township, York County June 16, 2019 June 18, 2019
American Daydream Antiques in a former bank barn
Bank barns get their name by being built on the side of a hill, or bank, so that two separate floor levels could be accessed from ground level directly. If a hill was not available, an earthen ramp was added against one of the, often stone, ground floor barn walls
All Posts, Bridges, Buildings, Businesses, Pennsylvania, Railroads, Roads, Springettsbury Township, York County June 1, 2019 June 1, 2019
Earliest Lincoln Highway Garage was in Wrightsville
The Lincoln Highway Garage in Wrightsville was the first such named in York County and possibly the earliest in the country. Harry E. Bailey established this garage as early as 1915; less than two years after the initial organizational meeting of the Lincoln Highway Association in 1913, and only one
All Posts, Automobiles, Bridges, Buildings, Businesses, Maps, Pennsylvania, Roads, Susquehanna River, Various Locations, York County May 28, 2019 September 26, 2020
Emig Mansion and the Underpass relic
Terrence Downs shared the story of Marian Emig and J. Horace Rudy at the Emig Mansion. This Rudy stained glass window was referenced a number of times throughout his presentation. The presentation was part of the June meeting of the Manchester Township Historical Society, which took place in the dining
All Posts, Bridges, Buildings, Businesses, Pennsylvania, Railroads, Roads, Various Locations, York County June 20, 2018 August 13, 2018
Robotics now; Northwest Triangle was once Coal and Tobacco
Coal yards and wholesale leaf tobacco once covered most of the Northwest Triangle's recently announced Innovation District. York Exponential, a robotics firm, is the driving force behind this project. This view, from the intersection of North Beaver Street and North Street in York, looks west at a planned building in
All Posts, Bridges, Buildings, Businesses, Manufacturing, Pennsylvania, Railroads, Roads, Schools, Springettsbury Township, York County June 5, 2018 June 5, 2018
Codorus Navigation stonework at Dee Run
YorksPast continues the series of posts exploring the history of the Codorus Navigation Works. Completed in November of 1833, the 11-miles of canal and slackwater, via the Codorus Creek, allowed navigating 70-foot long canal boats between downtown York and the Susquehanna River. Part twelve explores Dam 7 and Lock 9;
All Posts, Bridges, Businesses, Pennsylvania, Roads, Springettsbury Township, Susquehanna River, Transportation, York County May 6, 2018 May 6, 2018
Mundis Mill at midpoint of Codorus Navigation
YorksPast continues the series of posts exploring the history of the Codorus Navigation Works. Completed in November of 1833, the 11-miles of canal and slackwater, via the Codorus Creek, allowed navigating 70-foot long canal boats between downtown York and the Susquehanna River. Part nine explores Mundis Mill; located at the
All Posts, Bridges, Businesses, Maps, Mill, Pennsylvania, Roads, Schools, Springettsbury Township, Susquehanna River, Transportation, York County April 5, 2018 May 6, 2018
Myers Mill and Codorus Navigation Lock No. 4
YorksPast continues the series of posts exploring the history of the Codorus Canal. Completed in November of 1833, this canal allowed navigating 70-foot long canal boats between downtown York and the Susquehanna River. Part seven explores Myers Mill; enlarged soon after nearby Dam No. 4 was raised in conjunction with
All Posts, Bridges, Buildings, Businesses, Maps, Mill, Pennsylvania, Roads, Springettsbury Township, Susquehanna River, York County February 28, 2018 May 6, 2018