Hanover Junction
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deano1943
N 39° 50.633 W 076° 46.647
18S E 347928 N 4411941
Hanover Junction is located mid-way between York City and the Maryland State Line, along the Heritage Rail Trail County Park. The Heritage Rail Trail is 21 miles in length.
Waymark Code: WM1Y4
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/25/2005
Views: 32
Here, November 18, 1863, a special train carrying Abraham Lincoln and party to Gettysburg for dedication of National Cemetery changed railroads. Earlier in that year, wounded soilders were transported from Gettysburg battlefield to this Junction, thence to distant hospitals. It was a chief point on the Military Telegraph line, 1863.
Marker Name: Hanover Junction
County: York
Date Dedicated: 05/31/1953
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Pa Rt. 616, 4 miles South of New Salem at Hanover Junction.
Category: Transportation, Military, Railroads, Civil War, Abraham Lincoln
Website: Not listed
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