Bendersville station explained
Bendersville (colloq. "Asper's Station" by 1888) was a Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad (G&H) stop east of Bendersville, Pennsylvania, with facilities of Frederick A. Asper[1] that included a 3-story brick flour mill, grain elevator, and warehouse[2] built in 1883[3] (the latter's roof blew off in 1904).[4] The depot was opposite the mill over the tracks.[3]
The G&H had begun shipments to Asper's mill by November 28, 1883,[5] and when the route was complete to Gettysburg, Bendersville Station was initially the only stop designated as "station" on the original 1884 railroad schedule.[6] The locale's additional industrial facilities subsequently included the 1888 Peters planing mill,[7] a 1902 tannery,[8] the Allen flint mill,[9] [10] a 1922 canning plant,[11] and the 1893 Penn Tile Works[12] (encaustic tile by J. W. Ivery).[13] [14] After the Asper's mill property was sold in 1913,[2] the Aspers Produce Company and Columbia Flint Mill[15] were acquired by the 1919 Aspers Fruit Products Company[16] (liquidated in 1926).[17] The railroad station was eliminated by the development of the concrete highway[18] completed in 1927,[19] the Glen Gary Shale and Brick plant at Aspers became a Pfaltzgraff facility in 1973,[20] and a new post office building was erected in 2001[21] (the 1934 post office was in Clyde Plank's warehouse).[22]
The locale (Bendersville Station)[23] and populated place (Aspers, the original post office name)[24] were separately designated in 1979 for the Geographic Names Information System,[25] and the Aspers census-designated place was named in 2008[26] to replace the 2000 census' Bendersville Station-Aspers CDP.
Notes and References
- News: October 9, 1888 . Large Assignee Sale . . Gettysburg Compiler . December 14, 2011.
- News: December 21, 1912 . Executors' Sale of Valuable Mill, Warehouse and Dwelling . Google News Archive . Adams County News . December 14, 2011.
- News: Town and County. Gettysburg Compiler. December 5, 1883. 3.
- News: Visit of Two Terrific Storms. Gettysburg Compiler. June 8, 1904. 3.
- News: November 28, 1883 . The New Railroad . Google News Archive . Gettysburg Compiler . December 15, 2011.
- News: schedule . Gettysburg & Harrisburg R. R. . Gettysburg Compiler . April 21, 1884 . May 12, 2011.
- News: Large Assignee Sale. Gettysburg Compiler. October 9, 1888. 3.
- News: Executor's Notice. The Star and Sentinel. April 30, 1902.
- News: Narrow Escape. Adams County News. December 19, 1914.
- Hopkins . T. C . August 4, 1900 . The White Clays of Southeastern Pennsylvania . The Engineering and Mining Journal . 131 . December 15, 2011.
- Web site: (untitled). New Oxford Item. June 22, 1922.
- News: Death Doings. New Oxford Item. December 5, 1912.
- Book: Journal of the Franklin Institute - Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - Google Boeken . 1899 . January 29, 2012.
- Book: E/MJ, Engineering and mining journal - Google Books . February 29, 2008 . January 29, 2012.
- News: New Building for Aspers Company. Gettysburg Times. March 26, 1919.
- News: New Canning Co. Is Organized. Gettysburg Times. February 24, 1919.
- News: (untitled). New Oxford Item. July 22, 1926.
- News: New Concrete Road to Follow Old Route. New Oxford Item. January 14, 1926. 46. 52.
- News: June 11, 1927 . Carlisle Road Completed; Now Open to Traffic . Google News Archive . December 14, 2011.
- News: Glen Gary Will Sell Aspers Plant. Gettysburg Times. July 21, 1973. 71. 178. 1.
- News: Upper Adams fondly recalls events of the year 2000. Gettysburg Times. Ruth. Bretzman. January 16, 2001. A6. 99. 14.
- News: Thieves Break Into Aspers Postoffice. The Star and Sentinel. September 1, 1934. 4.
- December 14, 2011.
- News: Raise Flag Over New Post Office. Gettysburg Times. November 30, 1912. XI. 37. 1.
- December 14, 2011.
- December 14, 2011.
