Results tagged “Baumgartner's Woods” from York Town Square

The York Water Company initially used 10,000 feet of bored logs to transport water to users after it had flowed from springs near Baumgartner's Woods to a reservoir in southeast York.

So, the arch near Arch Street turned out to be a sewer line.

A big sewer line. (See http://www.ydr.com/newsfull/ci_4885322 and York's rail stations scored moments in history.)

And no, it didn't connect with the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad, believed to be active in York, did not run underground. Those traveling just seemed to disappear that way when the trail of runaways grew cold with slavecatchers from the South on their heels... .