Original Bridge Papers 1705-1958
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Original Bridge Papers 1705-1958 Township Stream/Creek Branch Year Location Identifier Road Located On Townships Draft Comments Volume Page Road Docket Page Bridge # Chester Creek 1774 Road leading from Concord Great Road near the 1 42 meetinghouse Cobs Creek 1762 Repaired 1 33-36 Crum Creek 1705 On line of Philadelphia & Chester Counties Queen's Road Philadelphia Inter-County 1 1 County, Chester County Crum Creek 1739 Receipt for bridge built 1 8 by Nathan Worley/See also Vol 1 pg 9-10 Crum Creek 1746 Repaired 1 17-19 Crum Creek 1760 Repaired 1 33-36 Crum Creek 1769 Repaired 1 37 Darby Creek 1789 Highway leading from West Chester to 1 45 Philadelphia Little Crum 1770 Kings Highway from Philadelphia to Chester 1 31 Creek Atglen Octoraro Creek East Branch 1881 On lands of A. Stewart & H. A. Davis Newport Turnpike 8 194- 200 Avondale White Clay 1921 State Highway No. 131 19 13 N 236 Creek Monday, January 07, 2019 Chester County Archives and Record Services, West Chester, PA 193 Original Bridge Papers 1705-1958 Township Stream/Creek Branch Year Location Identifier Road Located On Townships Draft Comments Volume Page Road Docket Page Bridge # Avondale White Clay East Branch 1910 At a point between the lands of Mrs. Alice Third Street 15 22 M 505 Creek Owens, Thomas Cubbage, Odone Rosazza & the A. M. E. Church Avondale White Clay East Branch 1927 21 16 58 Creek Avondale White Clay West Branch 1903 West State Street 14 16 M 363 Creek Birmingham Brandywine 1737 John Chads Ferry Great Road Boats built for ferry 1 6-7 Creek Birmingham Brandywine 1742 John Chads Ferry Concerning boats 1 15-16 Creek Birmingham Brandywine 1760 John Chads Ferry Concerning boat 1 26 Creek Birmingham Brandywine 1760 John Chads Ferry Concerning boat 1 27-29 Creek Birmingham Brandywine 1795 Chads Ferry 1 56 Creek Birmingham Brandywine 1850 At Brinton's Ford Public road from Kennett Square, via Birmingham, Exhibit quality draft 5 74-77 I 292 Creek Dilworthtown, to Philadelphia Pennsbury Birmingham Brandywine 1853 At Brinton's Ford Public road from Kennett Square to Birmingham, 5 170- J 102 Creek Dilworthtown Pennsbury 181 Birmingham Brandywine 1857 Street Road Birmingham, Repair 6 62-64 J 454 Creek Pocopson Monday, January 07, 2019 Chester County Archives and Record Services, West Chester, PA 193 Original Bridge Papers 1705-1958 Township Stream/Creek Branch Year Location Identifier Road Located On Townships Draft Comments Volume Page Road Docket Page Bridge # Birmingham Brandywine 1879 At Sager's mill Public highway from Kennett Square to West Birmingham, Exhibit quality draft 8 148- Creek Chester Pocopson 153 Birmingham Brandywine 1891 Near the road from Lenape Station to Kennett Pocopson, 11 12 Creek Square Birmingham Birmingham Brandywine 1902 At Lenape Kennett Road to West Chester Pocopson, 14 1 M 330 Creek Birmingham Birmingham Brandywine 1911 At or near Lenape Station Public road from Sager's Mill to Kennett Square 16 1 M 509 Creek Birmingham Brandywine East Branch 1867 Near eastern end of Sager's Bridge Road from West Chester to Kennett Square 7 44-46 Creek Brandywine Beaver Creek 1832 Road to Joseph M. Downing's mills and lime 3 76-78 stone quarries Brandywine Brandywine 1830 Near Andrew Hatfield's mill Road leading to the Compass in Pequea Valley 3 43-47 G 136 Creek Brandywine Brandywine East Branch 1833 Near Davis's Paper Mill Road leading from Guthrieville to the Old Red Brandywine, 3 122- Creek Lion Tavern Uwchlan 125 Brandywine Brandywine East Branch 1837 Public highway leading from the Red Lion Uwchlan, 3 228- Creek Tavern to Hibernia Forge, and another road Brandywine 230 leading in the direction of Downingtown Brandywine Brandywine East Branch 1841 Near James M. Dorlan's paper mill Public road from Guthrieville to Red Lion Road Uwchlan, 4 106- Creek Brandywine 112 Brandywine Brandywine West Branch 1820 At Hibernia Mills West Caln, 2 120- Creek Brandywine 125 Monday, January 07, 2019 Chester County Archives and Record Services, West Chester, PA 193 Original Bridge Papers 1705-1958 Township Stream/Creek Branch Year Location Identifier Road Located On Townships Draft Comments Volume Page Road Docket Page Bridge # Caln Beaver Creek 1916 At Edge's mill Road from Downingtown to Caln Meetinghouse 18 5 N 84, 108 Caln Beaver Creek 1916 On land of Morris T. Wood Public road from the Philadelphia & Lancaster 18 14 N 130 Turnpike to the Horseshoe Turnpike Caln Brandywine East Branch 1891 Public road leading from Dorlan's Mills to a Caln, East Caln 11 5 M 109, Creek public road leading from Downingtown to 121 Dowlin's Forge Charlestown French Creek 1819 Road leading from Philadelphia, by way of Repair 2 104 Pawlings Ford Bridge to Lancaster Charlestown French Creek 1824 Public road leading through Phoenixville to the 2 206- Reading Road 208 Charlestown Pickering Creek 1789 Near the late dwelling house of William Ironwork Road 1 46 Moore, Esq. Charlestown Pickering Creek 1813 Public highway from Starr's Ford to the Warren 2 48-51 Tavern Charlestown Pickering Creek 1814 Public highway from Norristown, by way of 2 55-56 Pawling's Ford Bridge, to West Chester Charlestown Pickering Creek 1815 Near Enoch Walker's mill Post road from Pawling's Ford Bridge to 2 60-62 Morgantown, Lancaster, Harrisburg Charlestown Pickering Creek 1823 Near John Guest's mill, late of William Nixon At intersection of many roads 2 192- 194 Charlestown Pickering Creek 1829 At Nixon's Ford 3 29-31 G 118 Monday, January 07, 2019 Chester County Archives and Record Services, West Chester, PA 193 Original Bridge Papers 1705-1958 Township Stream/Creek Branch Year Location Identifier Road Located On Townships Draft Comments Volume Page Road Docket Page Bridge # Charlestown Pickering Creek 1852 On land of Capt. Samuel Davis State Road from West Chester to Phoenixville 5 149- J 91 156 Charlestown Pickering Creek 1856 Near Jeffrey John's saw mill, on Henry Public highway from Chester Springs to Exhibit quality draft 6 30-33 Rixstine's land Phoenixville Charlestown Pickering Creek 1867 At Rixstine's Ford, on lands of the heirs of Chester Springs Road 7 25-28 Henry Rixstine Charlestown Pickering Creek 1892 Near the Cupola, on land of Hannah G. Davis Public road from Phoenixville to Chester Springs 11 16 M 171, 188 Charlestown Pickering Creek 1926 21 11 N 359 176 Chester Chester Creek 1724 Repaired 1 4 Chester Chester Creek 1748 Repaired 1 17-19 Chester Chester Creek 1755 Provincial Road from Chester to New Castle Rebuilt 1 23-25 Chester Chester Creek 1768 Repaired 1 33-36 Chichester 1739 1 9-10 Chichester 1765 Repaired 1 33-36 Monday, January 07, 2019 Chester County Archives and Record Services, West Chester, PA 193 Original Bridge Papers 1705-1958 Township Stream/Creek Branch Year Location Identifier Road Located On Townships Draft Comments Volume Page Road Docket Page Bridge # Chichester 1765 Repaired 1 33-36 Coatesville Brandywine 1912 Main Street 17 2 M 563 Creek Coatesville Brandywine West Branch 1877 Main Street (lately the Lancaster Turnpike) 8 81-87 L 231 Creek Coatesville Brandywine West Branch 1907 Main Street 15 11 M 426 Creek Coventry [Small Stream] 1803 Schuylkill Road (new) 1 86-93 C 234 Coventry French Creek 1803 In Pughtown, near the sawmill late of Evan At a place where a 1 114- D 18 and John Pugh bridge had been built 123 and kept in repair by the township for upwards of Coventry French Creek 1836 Near Coventry Village & Christman's mill Public highway leading from Coventry Village to 3 192- G 389 West Chester 206 Coventry Pigeon Creek 1802 Schuylkill Road (new) 1 69-72 C 220 Coventry Pigeon Creek 1825 Public road leading from Philadelphia to Reading 2 213 Darby Darby Creek [176 Kings Road from Philadelphia to Chester To replace older bridge 1 30 0s?] no longer on the new road Darby Darby Creek 1724 Repaired 1 4 Monday, January 07, 2019 Chester County Archives and Record Services, West Chester, PA 193 Original Bridge Papers 1705-1958 Township Stream/Creek Branch Year Location Identifier Road Located On Townships Draft Comments Volume Page Road Docket Page Bridge # Darby Darby Creek 1725 Maintenance of existing 1 3 bridge Darby Darby Creek 1751 Repaired 1 17-19 Darby Darby Creek 1753 Repaired 1 21-22 Darby Darby Creek 1756 Repaired 1 26 Darby Darby Creek 1764 Repaired 1 33-36 Downingtown Beaver Creek 1901 Manor Ave 13 20 M 289 Downingtown Beaver Creek Pollock's Mill 1932 On lands of W. Irwin Pollock & W. I. Pollock Manor Avenue (Horse-shoe Pike) 23 8 Race Jr. Downingtown Beaver Creek Pollock's Mill 1932 On lands of W. Irwin Pollock & W. I. Pollock Manor Avenue (Horse-shoe Pike) 23 9 Race Jr. Downingtown Brandywine East Branch 1919 At Bicking's paper mill Lancaster Avenue Draft in oversized folder 19 6 N 186, Creek 257 Downingtown Mill Race 1901 At John L. Pollock's mill race Manor Ave 13 19 M 288 East Bradford [Small Stream] 1812 Near the Black Horse Tavern Strasburg Road Small stream that turns 1 173- D 277 Taylor's mill 175 Monday, January 07, 2019 Chester County Archives and Record Services, West Chester, PA 193 Original Bridge Papers 1705-1958 Township Stream/Creek Branch Year Location Identifier Road Located On Townships Draft Comments Volume Page Road Docket Page Bridge # East Bradford Black Horse 1912 Between Strasburg Road & Jefferis Bridge Brandywine Creek Road 16 14 M 542 Creek East Bradford Brandywine 1789 Abiah Taylor's Ford Frequent passing of 1 44 Creek travellers to reach West Chester East Bradford Brandywine 1793 Near Nathan Scholfield's mill Road from West Chester to the south western 1 51-52 Creek parts of the County East Bradford Brandywine 1804 At Painter's