Stevens Run (Rock Creek tributary)
Stevens Run[1] (Stevens Creek,[2] Tiber) is a 2.2-mile-long (3.5 km)[3] tributary of Rock Creek in Pennsylvania in the United States.
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Stevens Run flows over the Gettysburg Battlefield and through the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Within the borough the stream is in a concrete channel, including a covered portion. From 1884 to 1942, the run was spanned by three bridges of the Round Top Branch railroad.[4]
History
Stevens Run was named after Thaddeus Stevens, a congressman from Pennsylvania.[5]
Samuel Gettys' Tavern was located on the south side on the uphill slope of the now-named Stevens Run, and Rock Creek Church was approximately on the north bank of the now-named Carlisle Street and Stevens Run.[6] In 1902, a new bridge was built over the Tiber on Chambersburg Street.
Course, northeast-to-southwest | |||||
Intersection | Location/Description | Coordinates | |||
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Mouth | Rock Creek confluence | ||||
Bridge | site of 1912 bridge | ||||
Bridge | Former borough site of 1920 bridge | ||||
Boundary | Exits GNMP land | ||||
Run | Confluence with flow from Colt Park | 39°49.319′N 77°14.529′W | |||
Perennial flow[7] | 39.81631°N 77.25540°W | ||||
Flow from Plum & Guinn runs' triple pt | |||||
Headpoint | N of Codori house & barn[7] | 39.81178°N 77.24021°W | |||
See also
References
- "Stevens Run (1188630)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- Balch, William Ralston; Butler, John M. (1885). The Battle of Gettysburg: An Historical Account (Google Books). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Lane S. Hart. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed August 15, 2011
- Map of the Battle Field of Gettysburg (Map). Cartography by Gettysburg National Park Commission: Nicholson, John P; Cope, Emmor; Hammond, Schuyler A. New York: Julius Bien & Co. Lith. 1904. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- "Stevens Run is historic". Gettysburg Times. Jan 5, 1999. p. 3. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- "[Alexander Dobbin article]". The Gettysburg Experience. Archived from the original on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
Rock Creek Church…located one mile north of the future town of Gettysburg (located near the junction of Carlisle Street and the Mummasburg Road)
- "The National Map". National Hydrography Dataset. NationalMap.gov (USGS). Archived from the original (NHD Viewer) on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-07-21.