Today the flood plain before you appears to be untouched and sparsely settled, but from 1845 to 1900, the riverbank between Marietta and Columbia was a beehive of industrial activity.
At the center of this industrial complex were eight . . . — — Map (db m136368) HM
Four generations of the Hostetter-Carroll family have
called this Federal style house home since 1925, when
Katie Hostetter's grandfather, Joseph Carroll
(1898-1986), purchased it. Her "Grandma Carroll"
marked the living room wall in pencil to . . . — — Map (db m242385) HM
With the arrival of the Pennsylvania Railroad, raw materials were delivered to the furnace by rail. The concrete piers were used to elevate the rails so all ore and coal could be dumped between the piers and from there to be transported to the stock . . . — — Map (db m136362) HM
This Federal-style house was built in 1827 by Daniel
Grosh (1774-1847). It is an example of the substantial
type home that was being built on Front Street by
successful businessmen in the early nineteenth century
and is representative of early . . . — — Map (db m242384) HM
This Federal-style brick house was built circa 1810 by David Cooke, Jr. (1750-1824), one of the founding fathers of Marietta. Cooke laid out the village of New Haven on a
corner of his farmstead in the fall on 1803 and then expanded his original . . . — — Map (db m242296) HM
Decatur Street has served as a public thoroughfare and river access for Marietta since 1813, when it was developed as one of the principal streets in the westernmost portion of the town. Laid out at the height of the War of 1812, the wide-spread . . . — — Map (db m243246) HM
The homes of Donegal Place were erected as part of the Mussleman/Vesta Furnace complex to provide affordable company-owned housing for employees. This row of tenant housing was identified as Brick Row. Each of the houses consisted of two rooms . . . — — Map (db m136316) HM
Originally known as the Eagle Furnace, Chickies
Furnace No. 2 was built on the floodplain
between Marietta and Columbia just north of
Chickies Creek in 1854 by Stephen Eagle. The
stack was 35 feet high and a width of 12 feet at
the bosh or . . . — — Map (db m169144) HM
In 1853, George Frick established a company in Waynesboro, PA to build steam engines. The steam engine, won a gold medal at the Philadelphia World's Fair for best in class. Again in 1880, a Frick Eclipse engine triumphed over 25 other competitors at . . . — — Map (db m136361) HM
In June of 1888, George and Margaret Miller Mable, with the help of Reverend George M. Hickman, organized the Vesta Mission Sabbath School at the east end of Marietta. At that time, Vesta, Donegal and two Marietta furnaces were in full operation. . . . — — Map (db m191039) HM
In the early 1830s the "hot blast" process of using anthracite coal to manufacture iron was introduced. The gases from the furnace were captured and cleaned. The gas was introduced into the vertical stoves. The Stoves were steel cylinders that were . . . — — Map (db m136366) HM
In 1812, two towns, New Haven and Waterford, were incorporated to form Marietta Borough. It is located at a scenic 90° bend in the Susquehanna River and was formerly known as Anderson's Ferry. French traders had arrived in this area in the late . . . — — Map (db m135255) HM
Marietta's National Historic District Extension is an addition to the original Historic District designated by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior in 1977. Bounded on the west by Waterford Avenue, on the east by Furnace road, on the north by East . . . — — Map (db m242291) HM
Marietta's Historic District, offering a very well preserved example of an early to mid-19th century industrial river town has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The present district extends east and west along Front and Market . . . — — Map (db m242292) HM
The Musselman/Vesta Furnace was built in 1868 by Henry Musselman and H. M. Watts from Marietta. It was the last of eight anthracite-fired iron furnaces built on Susquehanna floodplain between Columbia and Marietta. Located adjacent to canal and . . . — — Map (db m136313) HM
Henry Musselman and Henry Watts built the Musselman Furnace in 1868. It was the last of eight anthracite furnaces built on the river floodplain. Later known as the Vesta Furnace, it was remodeled several times. In 1917, E.J. Lavino put it into . . . — — Map (db m136315) HM
The blast furnace was charged with anthracite coal, limestone and iron ore. In order to get the raw materials to the top of the furnace stack, a steam powered device called a "skip hoist" was used. The hoist was an inclined rail that conveyed . . . — — Map (db m136363) HM
The chimney, which was used to exhaust the gases from the stoves, extended 140 feet into the air. At the bottom of each stove was an exhaust pipe that exits into an underground tunnel system that connects to the chimney. The tunnel system (pictured . . . — — Map (db m136365) HM
Lancaster County
Historic Preservation Trust Site 144
The Old Town Hall Museum
Commemorating Marietta and its Past
In grateful appreciation to
Mrs. Kathryn Miller Finefrock
for her generous bequest to . . . — — Map (db m191040) HM
This section of the canal was built between 1830-1833. The canal was used to transport coal, Mules or horses pulled canal boats. The anthracite coal from northeast Pennsylvania was conveyed to the iron furnaces through the canal network, which also . . . — — Map (db m136367) HM
In the 1890's, Marietta was a mature community, looking back on its past as a brawling canal port, lumber center and iron smelter.
Its basic industries looked about as dormant as the old Susquehanna Canal. There was, in fact, no money to tear down . . . — — Map (db m213588) HM
Dedicated in Honor of those from the Marietta area who served God and Country during World War II and in loving memory of these twelve men who made the ultimate sacrifice.
May we, whose Destiny it is to live on, dedicate our lives to the . . . — — Map (db m136371) WM
This station located at Furnace Road and Donegal Place was built in 1871 by the Pennsylvania Railroad to their specifications for rural/freight stations. It was smaller than the Marietta Upper Station (Perry Street), that was built in 1869. It had . . . — — Map (db m136314) HM
Marietta women demonstrated their patriotism during the Civil War by forming organizations such as The Ladies Patriotic Circle and The Ladies Social Knitting Society of Marietta. The Lancaster Express reported on June 14, 1862, that, “the . . . — — Map (db m135253) HM
The Susquehanna River and nearby Chesapeake Bay are important components of the Atlantic Flyway, one of four major North American migratory routes for waterfowl. Each year more than a million waterfowl migrate along or spend the winter in the . . . — — Map (db m216742) HM
Noted leader in state and national politics, statesman, diplomat, member of Lincoln's cabinet, U.S. Senator. Was born, 1799, in a log house that stood on this site. Died in 1889 at Donegal Springs. — — Map (db m5721) HM
