The Stony Brook Slate & Brick Company constructed the 3’-0” narrow gauge railway seen in this photo during 1905. The railway paralleled what would become Stonewood Road to a quarry 1-1/4 miles to the south. Horse and wagon had initially hauled slate from the quarry to a siding on the
I was doing research for another subject, using this topographic map, when the railway along Springwood Road peaked my interest. I remembered reading sometime ago that this was a narrow gauge railway. Suddenly I was obsessed with discovering the gauge distance. My quest progressed from the Springettsbury Township Centennial Booket
Following my talk on the Dosch Burial Grounds in Lower Windsor Township, several people asked for more details on several of the families noted in my talk. This post is about John Gilbert; his first and second wives are daughters of Michael Dosch, the originator of the burial grounds that
The illustration contains a photocopy of the introduction to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania act passed April 11th 1793, authorizing a Susquehanna River Bridge from Blue Rock, Lancaster County to Pleasant Garden, York County. This was the earliest river bridge authorized to York County and although the bridge was never built,
An article in the August 15th 1948 issue of the Sunday News, York, PA Edition contained the headline: “New N O P Route Cuts Traffic Hazards.” This headline has a bearing on the name of a stretch of road in Springettsbury Township. This is the fourth part of a series
Following my talk on the Dosch Burial Grounds in Lower Windsor Township, several people asked for more details on several of the families noted in my talk. This post on the Peter Kline Family is the ninth in a series of posts to provide answers those questions. Other posts in
John D. Denney, Jr. showed me a copy of this map roughly six years ago. The original from which his copy was made contained penciled routes; which I have approximated in white. It named the locations: Peach Bottom, Delta, Apple Grove, Neff’s Summit, and Loganville; which I have likewise placed
The illustration contains a photocopy of the introduction to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania act passed April 11th 1793, authorizing a Susquehanna River Bridge from Blue Rock, Lancaster County to Pleasant Garden, York County. This was the earliest river bridge authorized to York County and although the bridge was never built,
On June 19th 1944, the Special Ordnance Plant within the York Safe & Lock Company facility in Springettsbury Township was designated as the Naval Ordnance Plant, York. This fact has a bearing on two of the names for a stretch of road in Springettsbury Township. This is the third part
Following my talk on the Dosch Burial Grounds in Lower Windsor Township, several people asked for more details on several of the families noted in my talk. This post on the George Dosch Family is the eighth in a series of posts to provide answers those questions. Other posts in