{"id":255,"date":"2006-10-30T07:42:10","date_gmt":"2006-10-30T07:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"\/yorktownsquare\/2006\/10\/30\/urban-legend-the-day-a-bulldoz\/"},"modified":"2013-08-14T15:34:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T19:34:01","slug":"urban-legend-the-day-a-bulldoz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/urban-legend-the-day-a-bulldoz\/","title":{"rendered":"York County urban legend? The day a bulldozer sank from sight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2006\/10\/sinkhole.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2006\/10\/sinkhole-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"sinkhole\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2006\/10\/sinkhole-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2006\/10\/sinkhole.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Workers survey the large sinkhole located near the Black Lane Bridge in Adams County. York and Adams counties aren&#8217;t sites of large house-swallowing sinkholes, as happens in Florida, but the prevailing limestone substructure provides some unexpected holes on occasion. Related posts: <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2009\/06\/urbanlegend\">Don&#8217;t go looking for a bootprint on a Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge support<\/a> and <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2008\/03\/lost-gold\">Another urban legend? Is Civil War-era cash buried around Hanover?<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Was there a day when York County&#8217;s fertile soil swallowed a steam shovel?<br \/>\nThat story has an aura of urban legend to it. It reminds one a little of a prevalent myth around Wrightsville that a worker on the <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2009\/05\/wrightsville\">Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge<\/a> fell into some cement and was left there. In fact, people in Wrightsville have been known to teasingly tell boaters that if they look at a certain bridge support, they can see the outline of a boot.<br \/>\nAnyway, Garland Sweitzer queried about the bulldozer incident, which he heard from credible sources. Ring a bell with anyone? Please reply.<br \/>\nThe facts, according to Garland:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Do you have any information on the sinkhole that swallowed construction equipment that was working at the intersection of North Sherman and Mount Zion? I always thought it was an old quarry that was being filled.<br \/>\nMy uncle was a boy at the time (circa 1955?) and said that one night the steam shovel, etc. was there and the next day it had disappeared, apparently into an underground river. I believe I was told that divers investigated but the equipment was never found, too deep, I guess.<br \/>\nI believe my sources and would like to read more.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Related posts: <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2009\/06\/urbanlegend\">Don&#8217;t go looking for a bootprint on a Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge support<\/a> and <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2008\/03\/lost-gold\">Another urban legend? 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