Lancaster County Historic Transportation Cultural Resources Study, 1995.

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Lancaster County Historic Transportation Cultural Resources Study, 1995.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86134374

The study is an inventory of transportation-related sites and structures in Lancaster County, Pa., mostly dating prior to 1900. The study includes introductory essays on Native American trade routes and sites, river transportation, roads, canals, bridges, turnpikes, railroads and trolley lines. The essays rely heavily on secondary sources, often by amateur authors, and contain frequent errors and inconsistencies. The appendices include extensive transcriptions from 18th century road books, as well as the inventory proper, which unlike the essays relies on primary documentation and field work. There are also seven folded maps depicting Native American sites and paths, colonial roads, turnpikes, canals and ferries, railroads (1910 and 1995), and street railways.

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