Blue Plaque: Wrightsville
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deano1943
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This Blue Plaque is located along Rt. 624, on South Long Level Road, at the borough line of Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WMNBC
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/25/2006
Views: 25
The Borough of Wrightsville was founded in 1732, and named for the first settler, "John Wright."
The borough has a few larger size businesses, but most are small in size. The borough is surrounded by Hellam Township' with about 2200 residents within the borough.
Additional Information
The world's longest covered bridge (5,960 feet) once spanned the Susquehanna from Wrightsville to neighboring Columbia in Lancaster County. Built in 1814, it was destroyed by high water and ice in 1832. A replacement bridge was burned in June of 1863 by state militia during the Gettysburg Campaign in the American Civil War. Confederate troops under John Brown Gordon formed a bucket brigade to save the town from fire. Yet another replacement covered bridge was destroyed by a windstorm a few years later. The final bridge, the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge, was a steel open-air bridge constructed in 1896 and razed in the early 1960s.
Blue Plaque managing agency: Wrightsville Borough
Individual Recognized: John Wright
Physical Address:
129 S. 2nd Street
Wrightsville, Pa. USA
17368
Web Address: Not listed
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