Shrewsbury Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,447 at the 2010 census.
Stewartstown is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,089 at the 2010 census.
The Stewartstown Railroad is a heritage railroad that operates in Stewartstown, Pennsylvania.
Deer Creek is a 52.9-mile-long (85.1 km) river in Maryland and Pennsylvania that flows through the scenic areas of Harford County and empties into the Susquehanna River, roughly halfway between the Interstate 95 bridge and Conowingo Dam. Its watershed area is 171 square miles (440 km2). Its watershed area in MD is 145 square miles (380 km2), with 3% impervious surface in 1994. It serves as a divider between the agricultural and urban/suburban areas of Harford County.
The Keystone Bridge Company, founded in 1865 by Andrew Carnegie, was an American bridge building company. It was one of the 28 companies absorbed into the American Bridge Company in 1900. The company advertised its services for building steel, wrought iron, wooden railway and road bridges. It held a patent for wrought iron bridges and also supplied wrought iron columns for buildings. Thomas Carnegie worked for Keystone Bridge as treasurer for roughly 20 years, from the founding of the company until his death in 1886.
The Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station is a historic train station and freight depot located at Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The two buildings were designed by Wilson Bros. & Company in 1889 and built by Cramp and Co. for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1902. The passenger station is constructed of dark Rockhill granite and Indiana limestone and is in a Late Victorian style. It is 1 1/2 stories tall and measures 25 feet wide by 97 feet, 6 inches, long. It has a hipped roof with an eight-foot overhang. The freight station is a 1 1/2-story, rectangular stone block building measuring 128 feet by 30 feet. Also on the property is a large crane that was used for freight movement. The Quakertown station had passenger rail service along the Bethlehem Line to Bethlehem and Philadelphia until July 27, 1981, when SEPTA ended service on all its intercity diesel-powered lines. SEPTA still owns the line and leases it to the East Penn Railroad. Other towns, stations, and landmarks on the Bethlehem Line are Perkasie, Pennsylvania, Perkasie Tunnel, and Perkasie station.
Pottstown, now referred to as the Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center, is a bus terminal for the Pottstown Area Rapid Transit located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. The station was built in 1928 as a train station for the Reading Railroad and was active long enough to be served by SEPTA diesel service trains until 1981. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 1984, as the Reading Railroad Pottstown Station, and is located in the Old Pottstown Historic District, close to the Schuylkill River Trail.
New Freedom is a historic railway station located at New Freedom, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1870 by the Northern Central Railway, and is a 1 1/2-story, rectangular frame building with a gable roof and overhanging eaves. The building ceased to be used as a railway station in 1960.
Homestead is a disused railway station located in Homestead, Pennsylvania. The station was built in 1906 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 26, 1985, as the Homestead Pennsylvania Railroad Station.
Deer Creek Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad is a historic railroad bridge in Hopewell Township and Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1895, and measures 34-foot-6-inch-long (10.52 m) and 9-foot-wide (2.7 m) overall. The girder bridge was built by the Stewartstown Railroad. The bridge crosses Deer Creek.
Ridge Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad is a historic railroad bridge in Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built sometime around 1895, and measures 72-foot-6-inch-long (22.10 m) and 10-foot-wide (3.0 m) overall. The girder bridge on stone abutments was built by the Stewartstown Railroad.
Valley Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad is a historic railroad bridge in Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania. Built for the Northern Central Railroad in 1870, the 190 foot long bridge was disassembled and reassembled on the Stewartstown Railroad in 1885. A girder structure was added in 1920, and the original bridge structure was removed, although the original 1870 trusses are still in place. The bridge is still in active use, and services the Stewartstown Railroad passenger excursions.
Stone Arch Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad is a historic railroad bridge in Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1895, and measures 27-foot-6-inch-long (8.38 m) overall. The girder bridge on stone abutments was built by the Stewartstown Railroad.
Stewartstown Engine House, Stewartstown Railroad is a historic railroad engine house located at Stewartstown, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1884, and is a simple weatherboard building with a metal covered gable roof built by the Stewartstown Railroad. It has two large bay doors on the front facade and a cement block addition.
Stewartstown Railroad Station is a historic railroad station located at Stewartstown, York County, Pennsylvania, USA. The 1 1⁄2-story, three bay by five bay brick building was built by the Stewartstown Railroad in 1914. It has a slate covered hipped roof. It was used as both a freight and passenger station. It was the second station in Stewartstown, as the original 1884 station was taken out of service so the New Park & Fawn Grove Railroad, which interchanged with and was later operated by the Stewartstown, could be serviced easier. It is currently the departing location for the railroad's passenger excursion trains.
Hanover Junction Railroad Station is an historic railroad station located at Hanover Junction in North Codorus Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1852 and 1854, and is a three-story, three bay by six bay rectangular frame building built by the Hanover Branch Railroad. It has a flat roof. The station remained in service until the 1920s.
Lebanon station, also known as Reading Railroad Station, is a historic train station in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Designed by the Wilson Brothers & Company in the Shingle Style and built by the Reading Company in 1900, it consists of two sections connected by a large overhanging roof.
Lebanon is a historic railway station located in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by George Watson Hewitt and built in 1885, by the Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad. The building was expanded in 1912. It is a two-story, brick, brownstone, and terra cotta building in an eclectic Victorian style reflecting 17th-century Flemish, Romanesque, and Chateauesque influences. It features a broad porch roof with ornamental iron brackets. The Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad opened in 1883, and was acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1918.
Hotel Sterling is a historic hotel located at Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1889–1890, and is a three-story rectangular brick building. It is in the Romanesque Revival style with Queen Anne and Eastlake influences. It is three bays wide, with a gabled parapet at the middle bay. When nominated in 1980, the hotel had 33 sleeping rooms.
Clayton Railroad Station is a historic railway station located at Clayton, Kent County, Delaware. It was built about 1855, and is a one-story, five bay, brick, Italianate-style building. It as a low hip roof which extends about three feet from the building forming an overhang. It was built by the Delaware Railroad and remained in use as a passenger service into the 1950s. It later housed an antique shop.
