Leaman Place Bridge (1893)

Leaman Place Bridge (1893) (HM2AY5)

Location: Paradise, PA 17562 Lancaster County
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N 40° 0.719', W 76° 6.467'

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Prior to the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad only Henry Leaman's small farmhouse stood near here. In 1835, Mr. Leaman built a hotel and soon after a railroad station was established. A small village gradually sprung up and by the 1880s "Leaman Place" consisted of about a dozen houses, a telegraph office, and a common school. In 1845 inhabitants of Paradise and Leacock petitioned for a bridge "where the public highway leading from the Philadelphia & Columbia railroad to New Holland crosses said creek, at Eckert's Mill..." James C. Carpenter built the first bridge here in 1845 for $983.00. A half century later this bridge was reported unsafe, frequently overflowed, and was dangerous for public travel. Elias McMellen rebuilt the worn bridge in 1893 for $2,431.00. This bridge was also known as Eshleman's Mill Bridge after the Eshleman family that operated mills adjacent to here. Milton B. Eshleman ran a large three story mill near this bridge in the 1870s once known as Evergreen Mills.
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HM NumberHM2AY5
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Placed ByLancaster County Commissioners & Lancaster Bicycle Club
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Date Added Thursday, August 30th, 2018 at 2:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 405455 N 4429674
Decimal Degrees40.01198333, -76.10778333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 0.719', W 76° 6.467'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 0' 43.14" N, 76° 6' 28.02" W
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Area Code(s)717
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 81 N Belmont Rd, Paradise PA 17562, US
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