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Eichelbergers or Hess Mill (original location), Lancaster County

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Inventory Number: PA/38-36-15
County: Lancaster County
Township: Ephrata
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Eichelbergers or Hess Mill (original location)
Crosses: Middle Creek
Truss type: Burr
Spans: 1
Length: 58'-6" overall, 47' span
Roadway Width: 12'-4"
Built: 1844
Builder: Theodore D. Cochran
When Lost: 1966
Cause: Moved
Latitude: N40 10.19
Longitude: W076 14.09
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 1 mile north of Millway on a bypassed section of Meadow Valley Road (T659).

Hess Mill or Buck Hill Farm Bridge (original location), Warwick, Lancaster County, PA. Built 1844 (Moved 1966)
Fred Yenerall Photo (1953)

Hess Mill or Buck Hill Farm Bridge (relocated), Warwick, Lancaster County, PA. Built 1844 (Moved 1966)
Thomas G. Kipphorn Collection

Hess Mill or Buck Hill Farm Bridge (original location), Warwick, Lancaster County, PA. Built 1844 (Moved 1966)
Thomas G. Kipphorn Collection

Hess Mill or Buck Hill Farm Bridge (relocated), Warwick, Lancaster County, PA. Built 1844 (Moved 1966)
Tom Kipphorn Photo, May 13, 2026

Comments:
4-panel truss. Cost $799.00. The construction date for this bridge has been noted as 1825. That comes from the Henry C. Falk files. Only 1844 is mentioned in the court house dockets. It was located in Ephrata Township on an old bypassed section of Meadow Valley Road (now T659). The old road dead ends a short distance from the southern abutment of the covered bridge. The relocated road (LR36121 - SR1020) now passes over a one span concrete bridge on new concrete abutments about 75' upstream from the old site. The southern abutment is still in fair condition, while the northern abutment and roadbed on that side are gone. The covered bridge was moved to Buck Hill Farm near the village of Kissel Hill in 1966 and now is privately owned.

Sources:
Evans, Benjamin D. & June R.. Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges, 2001, page 162
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 52, 68-69
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume LXXI, No. 2, Spring 2013, page 11
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXXIX, No. 3, Summer 1981, page 13
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 118

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