Showing posts with label Susquehanna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Susquehanna. Show all posts
Jan 26, 2025

Removal of old bridge piers completed at site of Amtrak’s new Susquehanna River Bridge

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  (Trains) An Amtrak contractor has completed the removal of 10 bridge piers dating to 1866 from the Susquehanna River, a required move in ...
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Sep 8, 2014

Let the River Run Wild

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  Conowingo Dam (NYTimes) IF the Chesapeake Bay is America’s Estuary, then its largest tributary, the Susquehanna River, could arguab...
Mar 28, 2013

Three Mile Island

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  (Wikipedia) - The Three Mile Island accident was the most significant accident in the history of the American commercial nuclear power ...
Feb 9, 2013

Aged grist mill awaits scarce federal funds

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(Baltimore Sun) PERRYVILLE, Maryland — A 250-year-old grist mill near the mouth of the Susquehanna River has sat mostly vacant since the en...
Apr 12, 2012

Join River Sweep and cleanup along the Lower Susquehanna Heritage Trail

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(Aegis) Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway 12th annual River Sweep, a volunteer shoreline and roadside clean-up in honor of Earth Day , wil...
Dec 11, 2011

Effort under way to replace Confederate soldier's gravestone along Susquehanna

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(YDR) Carol Posinski drove along the Susquehanna River in Hellam Township to find the grave of an unknown Confederate soldier after the floo...
Oct 11, 2011

Tour of Lock 12 gives glimpse of York County life in late 1800s

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(YDR) As families picnicked and hikers navigated the trails at the Holtwood Environmental Preserve in Lower Chanceford Township, about 10 na...
Sep 16, 2011

The great pumpkin flood

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From "The History of Columbia and Mountour Counties" There was an old tradition, or rather a prophecy, among the Indians that roa...
Sep 10, 2011

Louis Wernwag

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(Wikipedia) Louis Wernwag (b. Alteburg, Württemberg, Germany, 4 December 1769; d. Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 12 August 1843) was a prominent b...
Jun 17, 2011

Susquehanna Heritage seeks national designation

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(YDR) For the third time, the Susquehanna Gateway Heritage Area is trying to be designated a National Heritage Area, a designation that requ...
May 25, 2011

1738: Conojocular War ends

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(Wikipedia) Cresap's War (also known as the Conojocular War — from the Conejohela Valley where it was located (mainly) along the south ...
May 9, 2011

Md. senators announce $22M to replace Susquehanna River Bridge

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(AP) Maryland’s senators say the state will receive $22 million to replace the Susquehanna River Bridge. Democratic Sens. Barbara Mikulski a...
Apr 15, 2011

Architect Latrobe mapped lower Susquehanna River

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(YDR) Benjamin Henry Latrobe is best known as one of the fathers of American architecture. He designed the U.S. Capitol, Baltimore Basilica...
Mar 29, 2011

Three Mile Island

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(Wikipedia) The Three Mile Island accident was the most significant accident in the history of the American commercial nuclear power genera...
Oct 27, 2010

Harford, Cecil waterfront poised for federal parks aid

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(Baltimore Sun) A stretch of Susquehanna River and Chesapeake Bay waterfront between Harford and Cecil counties could be among the first are...
Aug 26, 2010

Archaeological dig yields treasures in Columbia, Lancaster County

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(YDR/Lancaster Intelligencer Journal) A recent archaeological dig at Rotary Park has set Columbia Borough's historical clock back a few ...
Jul 15, 2010

Perryville's historic Rodgers Tavern to be restored

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(Baltimore Sun) The state has awarded a $125,000 grant to the Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway to complete the final restoration of the R...
Jun 5, 2010

Susquehanna, once number one, off list of endangered rivers

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(YDR) Five years ago, the Susquehanna was number one on a national environmental group's ranking of the country's 10 most endangered...
Jun 3, 2010

The Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad (PRR Port Road)

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(Keystone Crossings) The Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad was started in 1865, and remained unfinished until 1877. This Branch, electrif...
Apr 27, 2010

War of 1812 Re-enactment at the Susquehanna Museum

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Come and watch American and British forces drill and train throughout the day in preparation for the attack on Havre de Grace later that aft...