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Weaver's Mill or White Hall, Lancaster County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-36-02
County: Lancaster County
Township: Caernarvon - East Earl
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Weaver's Mill or White Hall
Crosses: Conestoga River
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 88' overall, 79' span
Roadway Width: 13'-8"
Built: 1878
Builder: B.J. Carter \ J.W. Stauffer
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 08.476
Longitude: W075 59.872
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 0.7 miles north of jct PA23 on PA625, then 1.4 miles right and 0.2 miles left at "Y" on Weaverland Rd. (TR773). North of Goodville.

Weaver's Mill or White Hall Bridge, Caernarvon-East Earl, Lancaster County, PA Built 1878
Todd Clark Collection

Weaver's Mill or White Hall Bridge, Caernarvon-East Earl, Lancaster County, PA Built 1878
Bill Caswell Photo

Comments:
Cost $1468. 10-panel truss. Also known as Daniel Weaver's Mill or White Hall or Isaac Shearer's Bridge.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 183
Travis, Dale. Pennsylvania Covered Bridges List, updated to 26 Aug 2004, http://www.dalejtravis.com/cblist/cbpa.htm (23 Sep 2004)
Collins, Kenneth W.. Covered Bridges of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 2002, pages 25, 64-65
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 116