Bendersville station
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| Location | Bendersville, Pennsylvania United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°58′37″N 77°13′23″W / 39.97694°N 77.22306°W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1884 | ||||||||||
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Bendersville (colloq. "Asper's Station" by 1888) was a Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad (G&H) stop east of Bendersville, Pennsylvania, with facilities of Frederick A. Asper[1] that included a 3-story brick flour mill, grain elevator, and warehouse[2] built in 1883[3] (the latter's roof blew off in 1904).[4] The depot was opposite the mill over the tracks.[3]
The G&H had begun shipments to Asper's mill by November 28, 1883,[5] and when the route was complete to Gettysburg, Bendersville Station was initially the only stop designated as "station" on the original 1884 railroad schedule.[6] The locale's additional industrial facilities subsequently included the 1888 Peters planing mill,[7] a 1902 tannery,[8] the Allen flint mill,[9][10] a 1922 canning plant,[11] and the 1893 Penn Tile Works[12] (encaustic tile by J. W. Ivery).[13][14] After the Asper's mill property was sold in 1913,[2] the Aspers Produce Company and Columbia Flint Mill[15] were acquired by the 1919 Aspers Fruit Products Company[16] (liquidated in 1926).[17] The railroad station was eliminated by the development of the concrete highway[18] completed in 1927,[19] the Glen Gary Shale and Brick plant at Aspers became a Pfaltzgraff facility in 1973,[20] and a new post office building was erected in 2001[21] (the 1934 post office was in Clyde Plank's warehouse).[22]
The locale (Bendersville Station)[23] and populated place (Aspers, the original post office name)[24] were separately designated in 1979 for the Geographic Names Information System,[25] and the Aspers census-designated place was named in 2008[26] to replace the 2000 census' Bendersville Station-Aspers CDP.
References
[edit]- ^ "Large Assignee Sale" (Google News Archive). Gettysburg Compiler. October 9, 1888. Retrieved December 14, 2011.
- ^ a b "Executors' Sale of Valuable Mill, Warehouse and Dwelling" (Google News Archive). Adams County News. December 21, 1912. Retrieved December 14, 2011.
- ^ a b "Town and County". Gettysburg Compiler. December 5, 1883. p. 3.
- ^ "Visit of Two Terrific Storms". Gettysburg Compiler. June 8, 1904. p. 3.
- ^ "The New Railroad" (Google News Archive). Gettysburg Compiler. November 28, 1883. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
- ^ "Gettysburg & Harrisburg R. R." (schedule). Gettysburg Compiler. April 21, 1884. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
- ^ "Large Assignee Sale". Gettysburg Compiler. October 9, 1888. p. 3.
- ^ "Executor's Notice". The Star and Sentinel. April 30, 1902.
- ^ "Narrow Escape". Adams County News. December 19, 1914.
- ^ Hopkins, T. C (August 4, 1900). "The White Clays of Southeastern Pennsylvania". The Engineering and Mining Journal: 131. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
- ^ "(untitled)". New Oxford Item. June 22, 1922.
- ^ "Death Doings". New Oxford Item. December 5, 1912.
- ^ Journal of the Franklin Institute - Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - Google Boeken. 1899. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
- ^ E/MJ, Engineering and mining journal - Google Books. February 29, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
- ^ "New Building for Aspers Company". Gettysburg Times. March 26, 1919.
- ^ "New Canning Co. Is Organized". Gettysburg Times. February 24, 1919.
- ^ "(untitled)". New Oxford Item. July 22, 1926.
- ^ "New Concrete Road to Follow Old Route". New Oxford Item. Vol. 46, no. 52. January 14, 1926.
- ^ "Carlisle Road Completed; Now Open to Traffic" (Google News Archive). June 11, 1927. Retrieved December 14, 2011.
- ^ "Glen Gary Will Sell Aspers Plant". Gettysburg Times. Vol. 71, no. 178. July 21, 1973. p. 1.
- ^ Bretzman, Ruth (January 16, 2001). "Upper Adams fondly recalls events of the year 2000". Gettysburg Times. Vol. 99, no. 14. p. A6.
- ^ "Thieves Break Into Aspers Postoffice". The Star and Sentinel. September 1, 1934. p. 4.
- ^ "Bendersville Station (1169234)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 14, 2011. 39°58′37″N 77°13′23″W / 39.97694°N 77.22306°W
- ^ "Raise Flag Over New Post Office". Gettysburg Times. Vol. XI, no. 37. November 30, 1912. p. 1.
- ^ "Aspers (1168472)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 14, 2011. 39°58′46″N 77°13′22″W / 39.97944°N 77.22278°W
- ^ "Aspers Census Designated Place (2389155)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved December 14, 2011. 39°58′35″N 77°13′34″W / 39.97639°N 77.22611°W