In 1914, the York Pretzel Bakery was begun by seven individuals: Harry B. Anstine, Gabriel W. Reider, Jacob Beitzel, Simon A. Barshinger, Horace E. Reider, Harry W. Schaberg and Luther Meckley. By the close of 1914, their bakery was in operation on a large empty lot at the southeast corner
Part 5 of York County History Center Buildings This is Part 5 of an industrial chronicle of the buildings on the property recently purchased by the York County Heritage Trust, with their goal of renovating the buildings into a York County History Center. These buildings originated as York’s Edison Electric
Near the beginning of every month, I’m sharing with my readers the top 10 posts from the previous month. This single graphic, features illustrations from all top 10 posts; however giving greater space to the higher ranked posts. These are your favorites during January 2016: 1— Pigeon Hills debunks Red
I use this montage, from the 1994 Annual Report of York International Corporation, as the title slide in my presentation York Air Conditioning & Refrigeration; from 1935 to 2005. This talk is a continuation of an earlier presentation on the first 60 years of the company; which was from 1874
In 1882, the Stony Brook area, in what is now Springettsbury Township, received its name from Stony Run; the stream running through that area. Colonial surveys record that name for this stream back to at least 1753 and Stony Run continued to appear on maps well into the 1900s. This
Andrew Jackson was the first sitting president to ride on a railroad. The locomotive pulling that train was a “Grasshopper” type engine, designed by Yorker Phineas Davis. York, Pennsylvania can claim the title as one of the earliest railroad manufacturing towns due to the efforts of Phineas Davis. York even
The Body Division of York-Hoover Corporation, on Wheatfield Street in York, PA, was repeatedly recognized for their quality and quantity of truck bodies, and similar units, produced for the Army Signal Corps, Quartermaster Corps and the Navy in the military build up and during WWII. This Pentagon Building Display shows
In 1825 a charter was granted to the Codorus Navigation Company to construct an 11-mile canal utilizing the Codorus Creek in York County, Pennsylvania. The canal opened in 1833. It was situated on the east side of the creek and through a number of locks and dams, canal boats could
The Freight Offices of The Western Maryland Railway, dating to 1896, are partly boarded up, although still intact, in York, Pennsylvania. The building sits on the southwest corner of North George Street and the Codorus Creek. This would be a neat structure to repurpose, especially due to its close proximity
The Western Maryland Railway The Western Maryland Railway Passenger Station was located on the southeast corner of North George Street and the Codorus Creek in York, PA. The postcard view is as if a person stands on the North George Street bridge and looks in the direction of the present