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\nBlaw-Knox’s Naval Ordnance Depot, successor of York Safe & Lock, was one of the newsmakers that occupied a spot in Codorus narrows north of World War II-era York. The area where the creek cuts through the hills has long been a site of activity in York County, including home of current occupant of the old Naval Ordnance building, Harley-Davidson. Here, servicemen from Philadelphia’s Naval Incentive Division “inspect” Twin Bofors, 400 mm anti-aircraft guns, with the aid of some women workers. (For a look at Quad Bofors, see photograph below.)<\/strong><\/em>
\nAn e-mailer responded to my recent column<\/a> on the Codorus narrows with some memories:<\/p>\n

Living away from York for many years, I particularly enjoy reading
\nyour excellent historical pieces on my hometown.
\nYour recent piece on the Codorus Narrows brought to mind a visit home
\na few years ago, when I woke to the sight of excavation on the
\nhillside directly west from our family home. The hill, long being
\ngobbled up by a quarry on the creekside had been scraped clear for a
\ntownhouse development to the east and south… .<\/p>\n


\nI decided to take a look and walked through the old woods where we
\nneighborhood kids once played. It was a terrific spot: across the
\ncreek from a hobo-town where the railroad tracks curved to cross
\nBlack Bridge, high above the busy quarry and the Codorus, site of a
\nfew ill-fated childhood rafting expeditions.
\nMemories crept back as I walked and climbed around the wooded
\nhilltop, among them the story of cannon emplacements used to control
\nthe passage across the “river.” As I came to the knob near the south
\nface of the hill, an unusual feature caught my attention. After
\nclearing some leaves and underbrush, I discovered the remains of a
\nstone foundation, laid up with a soft mortar; two sides defining an
\narea of about 120 sq. ft.
\nWhat purpose could this have served, illogically placed at such an
\nodd site? It was perched far too high on this steep outcropping for
\na farm house or outbuilding. Could it be the foundation for those
\nstoried cannons. I retrieved a small loose sample of the mortar as a
\nsouvenir with the thought of having it analyzed but unfortunately
\ndistance and time have interfered with those plans.
\nShould you wish to take a short hike to see the spot some day, I
\nwould be happy to join you. If a “false alarm,” it still provides
\none of the best views of York and the river valley I’ve seen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Does anyone know what that stone foundation came from? Rebel occupiers of York in 1863 placed cannons in these hills to control the town and turnpikes. But they scarcely had time to build such emplacements. Thoughts?
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\nThe servicemen view a Quad Bofors, women workers still in hand.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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