Category Archives: Safe Harbor

Benjamin Latrobe’s map of the lower Susquehanna River shows wild York and Lancaster county shores

Posted on April 28, 2011 by june lloyd

Latrobe thought the Turkey Hill rapids or falls “most formidible.” Benjamin Henry Latrobe has been called one of the fathers of American architecture, but his work surveying and mapping the Susquehanna River in 1801from Columbia, Pa. to Havre de Grace, … Continue reading →

Posted in 1800s, canals, Chanceford Twp., Columbia, PA, dams, ferries, Hellam Twp., Lancaster County, Long Level, Lower Windsor Twp., Maryland, Peach Bottom Twp., Safe Harbor, Susquehanna River, transportation, Universal York, water power, Windsor Township, York County | Leave a comment

Early Port on the Susquehanna River

Posted on April 28, 2009 by june lloyd

1864 Bridgen’s map of Conestoga Township showing dam. 1860 Shearer & Lake map of Chanceford Township. A friend recently alerted me to an article about the port of Safe Harbor on the east bank of the Susquehanna River. The article … Continue reading →

Posted in 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, canals, Chanceford Twp., dams, Lancaster County, Safe Harbor, Susquehanna River, Universal York, York County | Leave a comment