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Historic Structures Assessment Report for the Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility Project Relicensing Application Lancaster and York Counties, Pennsylvania TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 1 II. METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................... 5 Agency Consultation and Prior reports ................................................................................................ 5 Background Research ........................................................................................................................... 5 Field Survey ......................................................................................................................................... 6 Evaluation Criteria ............................................................................................................................... 6 Registration Requirements for Pennsylvania: Criterion A-Agriculture ............................................... 7 III. HISTORIC CONTEXT .......................................................................................................................... 9 The Colonial Period: Early European Settlement (1600-1775) ................................................... 9 The American Revolution (1775-1783) .................................................................................... 10 The Federal and Antebellum Periods (1783-1840) ................................................................... 11 The Civil War (1861-1865) ....................................................................................................... 14 Post-Civil War and Industrial Expansion (1865-1900) ............................................................. 14 The Modern Era (1900 to Present) ............................................................................................ 15 IV. SURVEY RESULTS ............................................................................................................................ 17 Previously Recorded Resource in the Project APE ............................................................................ 17 Ritchie-Robinson House (PHMC ID #118594) ......................................................................... 17 Newly Recorded Resource ................................................................................................................. 22 Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility ....................................................................................... 22 REFERENCES CITED ............................................................................................................................... 27 ii
Historic Structures Assessment Report for the Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility Project Relicensing Application Lancaster and York Counties, Pennsylvania LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1-1. Location of the Muddy Run Project Area along the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. ....... 3 Figure 1-2. Location of Project Area of Potential Effect (USGS Topographic Quadrangle, Holtwood 1955, revised 1990). ............................................................................................................................. 4 Figure 3-1. 1895 view of Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal with overhead bridge at the Pennsylvania and Maryland State Line, looking south. (Source: Maryland Historical Society 2011) ........................... 12 Figure 4-1. Location of the Muddy Run Project Area and surveyed architectural resources. (USGS Topographic Quadrangle, Holtwood 1955, revised 1990)................................................................. 19 Figure 4-2. View of Ritchie-Robinson House, looking southwest. (Source: TRC 2010) ........................... 20 Figure 4-3. View of Ritchie-Robinson Farm, looking southwest. (Source: TRC 2010) ............................. 20 Figure 4-4. View of ca. 1850 house on Slateville Road, looking southeast. (Source: TRC 2011) ............. 21 Figure 4-5. View of modern house and outbuildings on Flintville Road, looking southeast. (Source: TRC 2011)................................................................................................................................................... 21 Figure 4-6. View of Muddy Run Reservoir, looking east. (Source: TRC 2010) ........................................ 24 Figure 4-7. View of Muddy Run Main Dam, looking northeast. (Source: TRC 2010) .............................. 25 Figure 4-8. View of Muddy Run Intake Structures, looking south. (Source: TRC 2010) .......................... 25 Figure 4-9. View of Muddy Run Powerhouse, looking north. (Source: TRC 2010) .................................. 26 iii
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