Category Archives: Harley-Davidson

Harleys and chicken corn soup: The sound and taste of York County, Pa.

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Jim McClure

This photo shows a Harley-Davidson cycle made entirely from leather at the Harley museum in Milwaukee. This piece is part of a new exhibit, “Collection X: Weird, Wild Wonders of the Harley-Davidson Museum.” The exhibit runs runs through Aug. 21. … Continue reading →

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Robotic smart carts? Harley bikes roll before they spin: Linked in with neat York County history stuff – June 5, 2011

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Jim McClure

Harley-Davidson is consolidating its sprawling 1.5 million-square-foot York operations into a single plant. OK, that plant is 600,000 square feet, but is still sprawling. Overhead and floor-level assembly lines that moved bikes on conveyer belts are also gone, with motorcycles … Continue reading →

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Part II: How one spot in York County, Pa., tells much about what is going on around there

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Jim McClure

A man drives a Harley-Davidson attached to a York Sanitary Milk Co. Purity Ice Cream cart in this York County (Pa.) Heritage Trust photograph. Home milk delivery started in 1942, tapered off in the 60s and ended in the 1990s, … Continue reading →

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Old York Safe & Lock, now Harley-Davidson, plant: U.S. Army ordnance made there, too

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Jim McClure

A Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information photographer captures 28-year-old Gerald Smith assembling 37 mm gun mounts at York Safe & Lock. The caption stated: “Assembling weapons for Victory to be used by the armed forces.” Also of interest: Torpedo, … Continue reading →

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Check out this list of York County top news stories in 2009

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Jim McClure

The fire that destroyed most of 111-year-old Shenberger’s Chapel United Methodist Church in February was one of the top news stories in York County. Also of interest: Major York County historical moments through the centuries and York County’s top 10 … Continue reading →

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Linked in with neat York County, Pa., history stuff – Jan. 4, 2010

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Jim McClure

What goes around… . Church and Dwight placed this advertisement in a York (Pa.) Hospital Benefit Cookbook, published before World War I. That circa-1916 cookbook has been reprinted and is for sale for $10 at the York County Heritage Trust. … Continue reading →

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In 2000, Harley-Davidson’s proposed relocation to Hellam Township’s Horn Farm tagged as ‘the project of the decade’

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Jim McClure

Paul McCleary holds Larry Gordon, who was a resident of the Hellam (Pa.) Township’s Horn Farm in the 1950s. Route 30 would later run between where he is standing and the barn and the house. A non-profit board is developing … Continue reading →

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In 2004, Harley-Davidson in news for York, Pa., munitions cleanup: ‘The biggest hazard with that stuff is don’t drop it on your toe’

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Jim McClure

The circled area in this aerial photograph of the Harley-Davidson plant in Springettsbury Township, Pa., shows the location of munitions pits excavated in 2004. (See additional photograph below.) Also of interest: Three views of York’s Naval Ordnance Depot/AMF/Harley-Davidson plants and … Continue reading →

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York countians skilled in growing hogs – both those with hooves and with tires

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Jim McClure

Harley-Davidson workers examine a tentative agreement between the company and the union at the York (Pa.) Expo Center. (See colorful Harley mural below.) Also of interest: York workers traditionally have made big, heavy things and York County chainsaw artist about … Continue reading →

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York County, Pa. made big, heavy things – and was immensely proud of it, Part II

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Jim McClure

When this Evening Sun in Hanover, Pa., photo was produced in 2008, about 16,000 pounds of potato chips per hour rolled off the lines at Utz Quality Foods’ High Street plant in Hanover. Earlier this year, a deal in which … Continue reading →

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