Sachs Covered Bridge

Sachs Covered Bridge is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Gettysburg, Adams County, dedicated 1997.

Pumping Station Rd. (SR 3005) & Waterworks Rd., SW of Eisenhower Nat'l. Hist site, Gettysburg

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Located just SE of here on the intersecting road. Built in 1852 by David S. Stoner, this lattice-truss bridge (based on a design patented by Connecticut architect Ithiel Town) extends 100 feet across Marsh Creek. Both Union and Confederate troops used it in 1863. Closed to automobiles after 1968, it suffered flood damage in 1996 but was restored by Adams County as a scenic bridge.

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1848 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1871 · Plate H. South Central Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Battle Field of Gettysburg, Topographic Survey (Warren, 1868-69, rev. 1873) (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division)
1876 · Battle Field of Gettysburg, First Day's Battle (Bachelder, 1876) (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division)
1876 · Battle Field of Gettysburg, Second Day's Battle (Bachelder, 1876) (Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division)

Pennsylvania, 1848, covering the location of Sachs Covered Bridge, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1848, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Sachs Covered Bridge

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