Editing Leaman's Place Covered Bridge

{{Short description|Covered bridge across Pequea Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania}}
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The '''Leaman's Place Covered Bridge''' is a [[covered bridge]] that spans [[Pequea Creek]] in [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]. A county-owned and maintained bridge, its official designation is the '''Pequea #4 Bridge'''.<ref name="lancaster.pa.us">{{cite web
  | title = Leaman's Place Covered Bridge
  | work = Lancaster County, PA Government Portal
  | publisher = County of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  | date = 2001-10-20
  | url = http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco/cwp/view.asp?a=15&q=256847
  | accessdate = 2006-07-07
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927000355/http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco/cwp/view.asp?a=15&q=256847
  | archive-date = 2007-09-27
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>  The bridge is also known as '''Eshelman's Mill Covered Bridge''' and '''Paradise Bridge'''.

The bridge has a single span, wooden, double [[Burr arch truss]]es design with the addition of steel hanger rods. The deck is made from oak planks.<ref name="lancaster.pa.us"/>  It is painted red, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges, on both the inside and outside. Both approaches to the bridge are painted in the traditional white color.

The bridge's [[World Guide to Covered Bridges|WGCB]] Number is 38-36-20. Added in 1980, it is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as structure number 80003519.<ref name="register">{{cite web
  | title = PENNSYLVANIA  - Lancaster County
  | work = National Register of Historic Places
  | url = http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/PA/Lancaster/state3.html
  | accessdate = 2007-03-20}}</ref>  It is located on the boundary between [[Paradise Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Paradise]] and [[Leacock Township, Pennsylvania|Leacock]] townships<ref name="McCain">{{cite web
  | author = Dr. Roger A. McCain
  | title = Leaman Place Bridge
  | work = A Guide to Old Covered Bridges of Southeastern Pennsylvania and nearby areas
  | url = http://william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/bridge/CBLeaman.html
  | accessdate = 2006-08-03
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060907091133/http://william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/bridge/CBLeaman.html
  | archive-date = 2006-09-07
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref> at {{coord|40|0|43.2|N|76|6|28.2|W|type:city}} (40.01200, -76.10783). It is found {{convert|0.5|mi|km}} north of [[U.S. Route 30]] on Belmont Road to the west of [[Paradise, Pennsylvania|Paradise]].<ref name="Bickel">{{cite web
  | author = Bickel, Hank
  | title = Eshelman's Mill / Paradise Bridge  
  | work = Covered Bridges of the Northeast USA
  | date = 2005-06-23
  | url = http://www.coveredbridgesite.com/pa/eshelmans.html
  | accessdate = 2006-08-04 }}</ref><ref name="Travis">{{cite web
  | author = Travis, Dale 
  | title = 38-36-20
  | work = Round Barns & Covered Bridges
  | url = http://www.dalejtravis.com/bridge/pennsylv/htm/3803620.htm
  | accessdate = 2006-08-08 }}</ref>

==History==
The land that the Leaman's Place Covered Bridge is situated on was settled by the family of Mary
Ferree in 1712, a land grant by [[William Penn]] in an area inhabited by the [[Pequaws Indians]].  
It was not until 1845 that [[James C. Carpenter]] built the covered bridge across the [[Pequea Creek]] at a cost of [[United States dollar|$]]933. In 1893,<sup>''Note:'' <ref name="note">''Note:'' Bickel, McCain, and the Lancaster County Pennsylvania Dutch Country Official Visitors Center list the rebuilt date of 1893. Travis lists a date of 1894.</ref></sup> [[Elias McMellan]] rebuilt the covered bridge at a cost of $2,431.<ref name="McCain"/><ref name="padutch">{{cite web
  | title = Eshleman's Mill Covered Bridge
  | work = Lancaster County Pennsylvania Dutch Country Official Visitors Center
  | publisher = Pennsylvania Dutch Convention & Visitors Bureau
  | year = 2006
  | url = http://www.padutchcountry.com/member_pages/leaman_s_place_covered_bridge.asp
  | accessdate = 2006-07-07 }}</ref> The bridge was rehabilitated in 2004.<ref name="Bickel"/>

== Dimensions ==
Source:<ref name="lancaster.pa.us"/>
*'''Length:''' 102 [[Foot (length)|feet]] (31.1 m) [[Span (architecture)|span]] and {{convert|113|ft|m}} total length<ref name="McCain"/>
*'''Width:''' {{convert|15|ft|m}} <sup>''Note:''</sup><ref name="dimensions">''Note:'' The official government source lists 15 feet of '''clear deck''' width. Both Bickel and McCain list the '''total''' width as 15 feet. It is not clear which is correct.</ref>
*'''Overhead clearance:''' {{convert|11|ft|6|in|m}}
*'''Underclearance:''' {{convert|13|ft|m}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Leaman's Place Covered Bridge Three-Quarters View Buggy 3008px.jpg
Image:Leaman's Place Covered Bridge Wide View 2400px.jpg|Wide side view
Image:Leaman's Place Covered Bridge Side View 3000px.jpg|Another Side view
Image:Leaman's Place Covered Bridge Approach 3000px.jpg|One of the approaches to the bridge
Image:Leaman's Place Covered Bridge Inside 3008px.jpg|The inside of the bridge showing the [[Burr arch truss]]
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Burr truss|Burr arch truss]]
*[[List of Lancaster County covered bridges]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Covered bridges in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]]
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[[Category:Wooden bridges in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Burr Truss bridges in the United States]]