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Zook's Mill or Rose Hill or Wenger, Lancaster County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-36-14
County: Lancaster County
Township: Warwick - West Earl
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Zook's Mill or Rose Hill or Wenger
Crosses: Cocalico Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 89' overall, 76' span
Roadway Width: 14'
Built: 1849
Builder: Henry Zook
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N40 07.819
Longitude: W076 13.883
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1.1 miles southwest of jct PA772 and Brownstown on PA272, then 0.6 miles right on Rose Hill Rd. and 120 feet left on Log Cabin Rd. (T797). 1 mile northwest of Brownstown and 2 miles northeast of Oregon.

Zook's Mill or Rose Hill or Wenger Bridge, Warwick-West Earl, Lancaster County, PA Built 1849
Todd Clark Collection

Zook's Mill or Rose Hill or Wenger Bridge, Warwick-West Earl, Lancaster County, PA Built 1849
Thomas G. Kipphorn Collection

Zook's Mill or Rose Hill or Wenger Bridge, Warwick-West Earl, Lancaster County, PA Built 1849
Bill Caswell Photo, November 4, 2017

Zook's Mill or Rose Hill or Wenger Bridge, Warwick-West Earl, Lancaster County, PA Built 1849
Jenn Caswell Photo, November 4, 2017

Comments:
7-panel truss. Cost $700. Also known as Rose Hill Mill or John Wenger's Mill or John K. Zook's Woolen Factory Bridge. In 1972, during Hurricane Agnes, water was 6.5 feet deep inside the bridge.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 186
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 22-23, 64-65
Moll, Fred J.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges - Our Heritage, 2004, pages 108-109
Kipphorn, Thomas. Information received by email, August 2005
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 117

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