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Jackson's Sawmill, Lancaster County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-36-33#2
County: Lancaster County
Township: Bart
Town/Village: Bartville
Bridge Name: Jackson's Sawmill
Crosses: West Branch Octoraro Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 143' overall, 137'-2" span
Roadway Width: 14'-9"
Built: 1985
Builder: Lancaster County Bridge Crew
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N39 53.803
Longitude: W076 04.809
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Directions: 1.5 miles west of jct PA896 on PA372, then 1.7 miles left on Mount Pleasant Rd. (TR696). South of Georgetown, ¾ mile northwest of Bartville.

Jackson's Mill Bridge, Bart, Lancaster County, PA Built 1985
Clint Frackman Photo (October 2007)

Jackson's Mill Bridge, Bart, Lancaster County, PA Built 1985
Thomas G. Kipphorn Collection

Jackson's Mill Bridge, Bart, Lancaster County, PA Built 1985
Bill Caswell Photo, July 28, 2013

Jackson's Mill Bridge, Bart, Lancaster County, PA Built 1985
Jenn Caswell Photo, May 3, 2015

Comments:
Cost $75,000. Also known as David B. Jackson Sawmill or Boone & Harley's Mill Bridge. Built 3 feet higher than the previous bridge at this site. About 1/3 of the bridge was destroyed when it washed away. The damaged part was replaced by timbers from the Kuhn's Fording Bridge (PA/38-01-12x).

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 169
Collins, Kenneth W.. Covered Bridges of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 2002, pages 20-21, 70-71
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 108-109
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, September 2005
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 119

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