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Ronks is a small unincorporated farming community and census-designated place (CDP) in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, just west of Paradise. [4] As of the 2010 census the population was 362. [5] The community is the home of Ronks Concrete Company and has a large Amish and Mennonite population.
He eventually found a 43-acre (17 ha) [14] non-Amish-owned farm listed for sale in Ronks, 8 mi (13 km) east of Lancaster and about 60 mi (97 km) west of Philadelphia, along the Strasburg Rail Road. [3] He leased the farm for one year with an option to buy. [14] Denlinger needed financing for the project and contacted a Lancaster bank.
At the time of the 2000 census, there were 4,878 people, 1,426 households, and 1,159 families living in the township.. The population density was 236.0 inhabitants per square mile (91.1/km 2).
Founded in 1976 by Glenn and Shirley Eshelman, the company remains a family-owned business. The company currently has 600 employees. [5]The company's name, "Sight & Sound," was inspired by Jesus's words in Matthew 13:10-23 regarding parables: when asked by disciples why he spoke to people in parables and stories, Jesus stated that although people were seeing, they did not truly see; and even ...
The house was inhabited by Henry Eckert in the 1880s, and is still occupied today, though divided into several apartments. Early trains on the railroad were merely wagons, fitted to run on tracks and pulled by horses along the single track. The first U.S.-made locomotive, built at Philadelphia's Baldwin Locomotive Works, was produced in 1832 ...
As of 2018, there were 72.45 miles (116.60 km) of public roads in Honey Brook Township, of which 0.10 miles (0.16 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC), 20.58 miles (33.12 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 51.77 miles (83.32 km) were maintained by the township.
Barre City, Vermont Firehouse Weathervane. The Barre Firehouse Weathervane is a hammered cooper weathervane that used to sit atop the Firehouse in Barre, Vermont. Created in 1904, the weathervane depicts a “flying team” of horses pulling a hook and ladder wagon. It is currently displayed in the Vermont History Center also in downtown Barre.
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania was officially opened to the public April 1, 1975. As the museum acquired more equipment, they required more space, so in 1995, Rolling Stock Hall was expanded by 55,000 square feet. Today, the museum covers 18 acres of land, including 100,000 square feet indoors.