York-Hession Model H-106 Fog Generating Machine was designed by John Hession, Jr. at Columbia University; with the concept refined for manufacturing by engineers at York-Shipley in York, Pennsylvania. Esther Smith shared memories about those machines as one of her jobs on the Home Front during World War II.
Did you know a York Trolley Car Barn was used as a York-Shipley war production factory? A history of the Car Barns, at the corner of Hartley Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, serves as background for that York-Shipley plant where my Mom worked on the home front during World War II.
Hickey’s Drive-In Restaurant was the initial eating establishment just east of Mills Street in the northwest area of Yorkshire. At least a dozen restaurants followed at that 3014 East Market Street location and now only the neighboring Dairy Queen remains. One of those establishments was the Unicorn Diner, operated by a celebrity chef.
When Glen ‘Mac’ McAbee opened Mac’s Hardware in 1956, he was at the forefront of hardware and home improvement businesses in Springettsbury Township. His store was located near the northwest corner of Arsenal Road and North Sherman Street, with the address 713 Arsenal Road.
Discover how the Grantley Plant began 100-years ago, via a short history of the eight buildings opening during the initial five years. They were the origins of a 57-building complex providing jobs for generations of York County residents. Going into its second Century, part of the Grantley Plant continues to produce cooling products used around the world.
Bob Kessler shared some details about his grandparents that prompted interesting questions about Eddie Herr, primarily related to his 2600 East Market Street property in Springettsbury Township. Eddie Herr called that 4-acre property, containing his suburban ranch home, with multiple businesses and stables, ‘Belly Acres.’
Northern Central Railway operations are explored, from the mid-1800s to the present along North Street in York, Pennsylvania, in this first of a series of YorksPast posts. This article explores early passenger stations, plus freight depots to the present day.
The story of an old stone structure in Springettsbury Township reveals it has history as a Still House and Farm Mill. The former Still House is located at the northeast corner of North Sherman Street and Lower Glades Road, which is on the property of the Springettsbury Township Wastewater Treatment Plant.
New Years Day of 1909 marked the initial Mummers Parade in York, Pennsylvania. Charles Zullinger’s costume cost $5,000 and 30-pages, in colonial attire, were required to hold up his massive cape and train embroidered with white roses. A postcard was printed showing them marching on South George Street.
Green Acres is a Springettsbury Township housing development begun in the early 1950s. Today it is not very well know, because when only a few years old the proposed placement of Interstate-83 halted further housing construction on 70-percent of the planned site.