Stevens Run (Rock Creek tributary)

Not to be confused with Stevens Knoll.

Stevens Run (2015)

Stevens Run ^[1] (Stevens Creek, ^[2] Tiber) is a tributary ^[3] of Rock Creek in Pennsylvania in the United States.

Stevens Run flows over the Gettysburg Battlefield and through the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Within the borough the stream is in a concrete channel, including a covered portion. From 1884 to 1942, the run was spanned by three bridges of the Round Top Branch railroad. ^[4]

History

Stevens Run was named after Thaddeus Stevens, a congressman from Pennsylvania. ^[5]

Samuel Gettys' Tavern was located on the south side on the uphill slope of the now-named Stevens Run, and Rock Creek Church was approximately on the north bank of the now-named Carlisle Street and Stevens Run. ^[6] In 1902, a new bridge was built over the Tiber on Chambersburg Street.

Course, northeast-to-southwest
Intersection	Location/Description	Coordinates
Mouth	Rock Creek confluence
Bridge	site of 1912 bridge
Bridge	Former borough site of 1920 bridge
Boundary	Exits GNMP land
Run	Confluence with flow from Colt Park	39°49.319′N77°14.529′W / 39.821983°N 77.242150°W / 39.821983; -77.242150 (Run into Colt Park)
	Perennial flow [7]	39°48′59″N77°15′19″W / 39.81631°N 77.25540°W / 39.81631; -77.25540
	Flow from Plum & Guinn runs' triple pt
Headpoint	N of Codori house & barn [7]	39°48′42″N77°14′25″W / 39.81178°N 77.24021°W / 39.81178; -77.24021

See also

• List of rivers of Pennsylvania

References

1. "Stevens Run (1188630)". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Balch, William Ralston; Butler, John M. (1885). The Battle of Gettysburg: An Historical Account (Google Books). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Lane S. Hart. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
3. Gettysburg National Military Park, General Management Plan: Environmental Impact Statement. 1999. p. 177.
4. Map of the Battle Field of Gettysburg (Map). Cartography by Gettysburg National Park Commission: Nicholson, John P; Cope, Emmor; Hammond, Schuyler A. New York: Julius Bien & Co. Lith. 1904. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-07.{{cite map}}: External link in |cartography= (help)
5. "Stevens Run is historic". Gettysburg Times. Jan 5, 1999. p. 3. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
6. "[Alexander Dobbin article]". The Gettysburg Experience . Archived from the original on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2011-12-04. Rock Creek Church…located one mile north of the future town of Gettysburg (located near the junction of Carlisle Street and the Mummasburg Road)
7. "The National Map". National Hydrography Dataset . NationalMap.gov (USGS). Archived from the original (NHD Viewer) on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-07-21.