Photos • Location
Erb's Covered Bridge
| Hammer Creek | |
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Erb's Covered Bridge over Hammer Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | |
| Location | |
| Country | Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania, United States [1] |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Cornwall, Pennsylvania |
| • elevation | 308 feet (94 m) [1] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Cocalico Creek at Rothsville, Pennsylvania |
| Length | 19.2 miles (30.9 km) |
| Basin size | 40 square miles (100 km2) |
Hammer Creek [1] is a 19.2-mile-long (30.9 km) [2] tributary of Cocalico Creek in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania in the United States.
Hammer Creek is dammed to form Speedwell Forge Lake before joining the Cocalico Creek downstream by the confluence of Middle Creek near the village of Rothsville.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, Hammer Creek has also been known historically as Hammar Creek. [1]
Bridges
Notable people
- Bishop Benjamin Eby (1785–1853)
See also
- List of rivers of Pennsylvania
- John Fass and the Hammer Creek Press
References
- ^ a b c d Geographic Names Information System. "GNIS entry for Hammer Creek (Feature ID # 1198070)". Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 8, 2011
| Hammer Creek | |
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Erb's Covered Bridge over Hammer Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | |
| Location | |
| Country | Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania, United States [1] |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Cornwall, Pennsylvania |
| • elevation | 308 feet (94 m) [1] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Cocalico Creek at Rothsville, Pennsylvania |
| Length | 19.2 miles (30.9 km) |
| Basin size | 40 square miles (100 km2) |
Hammer Creek [1] is a 19.2-mile-long (30.9 km) [2] tributary of Cocalico Creek in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania in the United States.
Hammer Creek is dammed to form Speedwell Forge Lake before joining the Cocalico Creek downstream by the confluence of Middle Creek near the village of Rothsville.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, Hammer Creek has also been known historically as Hammar Creek. [1]
Bridges
Notable people
- Bishop Benjamin Eby (1785–1853)
See also
- List of rivers of Pennsylvania
- John Fass and the Hammer Creek Press
References
- ^ a b c d Geographic Names Information System. "GNIS entry for Hammer Creek (Feature ID # 1198070)". Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 8, 2011
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| Lower Susquehanna River |
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| Juniata River |
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| West Branch Susquehanna River |
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| Middle Susquehanna River |
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| Chemung River |
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| Upper Susquehanna River |
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