Susquehanna Heritage Lecture Series

Peach Bottom - The Sunken Town

 By Mary Boomsma & Stanley White
Wednesday May 11, 2011 6:30pm at the Zimmerman Center for Heritage
 
Cost: $8 for SGHA Members/$12 non-members - advance registration is required
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Join us for a presentation packed with rare, period pictures and maps as we learn about the sunken town of Peach Bottom, PA.

When the Conowingo Damn was built (1926-28), the village of Peach Bottom in Fulton Township, Lancaster County, was covered with the lake waters behind the structure. This formerly important location on the Susquehanna River was first a fording and later the location of two ferry operations that co-existed within sight of each other. The village connected southern Lancaster county, via the ferry, to Peach Bottom, York County and to the Susquehanna & Tidewater Canal. It also was a stop and crew changing point for the river's log-rafting industry. At one point it boasted two saw mills, three hotels, a lumber and coal yard, lime kilns and its own post office. Two railroads served Peach Bottom and before that, two stage coach routes.

This presentation is part of an ongoing effort to gather together the scattered information of the town which was submerged beneath the great Susquehanna River and packed with rare period pictures and maps

Registration is required and available online or by calling 717-252-0229 ext. 4  Proceeds benefit the operations and programs of Susquehanna Gateway Heritage Area. 

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