A Pictorial History of Mifflin County

Pages 16-20

Top: Old view of Lewistown from Ards Ridge above Woodlawn. Probably in the late 1870s. Note Wayne Street School, built in 1872 to far right; the canal can be seen in far center with Glamorgan Furnace to the left. Bottom: Coach Shops- Corner of Valley and East Third Streets in 1878, operated by R. H. Montgomery, Sr. Note the omnibus in front, used to convey passengers to railroad trains.

 

Top: Wayne Street school about 1885. Bottom: The Kishacoquillas Seminary in 1876.

 

Top: South Dorcas Street during snowfall of May 1, 1872. Bottom: Stone bridge crossing Kishacoquillas Creek at Main Street. Built about 1805, it served until 1919 when it collapsed.

 

Top: Old stone building just above the Main Street bridge, erected about 1805 as a storage house for shipping grain, etc., by ark. Bottom: Ruins of Hope Furnace near Strodes Mills. Photo taken by Dr. G. C. Dean in 1885.

 

Glamorgan Furnace No. 2, shown when rebuilt and improved after the tornado of 1874.

 

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