Other Susquehanna Tributaries

This is a listing of water-powered grist mills in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania that were built along streams that empty directly into the Susquehanna River but were not large enough (in terms of the mills on their path) to be given separate treatment.

Strickler’s Run

Strickler’s Run is a 6.5 mile tributary of the Susquehanna river. It originates just north of Mountville and flows westward until it enters the Susquehanna on the southern edge of Columbia.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
Friday’s		Site	Pre 1850	Grist	Strickler’s Run
Glenn Manor		Site	1807	Flour, Grist, Saw	Strickler’s Run
Zook’s		Site	c1815	Grist	Strickler’s Run
Fairview		Site	c1773	Flour, Grist	Strickler’s Run

Fishing Creek

The Fishing Creek is a 12-mile-long tributary of the Susquehanna River. It originates in a pond in Providence Township near Rawlinsville. It enters the Susquehanna River at Drumore about three miles north of Peach Bottom.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
McCrabb’s	Hutton’s	Site	c1820	Flour, Grist, Saw	Fishing Creek
Hess	Penrose	Storage	1842	Flour, Grist, Saw	Fishing Creek
Drumore	Pennock	Venue	1789	Flour, Grist, Saw	Fishing Creek

Peter’s Creek

Peter’s Creek is a 6-mile-long tributary of the Susquehanna River. It begins in Drumore Township and enters the Susquehanna in Fulton Township at the Peach Bottom Marina.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source	Seq
Cooney’s		Site	Pre 1824	Flour, Grist, Saw	Peter’s Creek	1
Jones’		Site	Pre 1864	Grist	Peter’s Creek	2
Herr’s		Site	c1783	Flour, Grist	Puddle Duck Creek	3

Tributaries of the Susquehanna that have less than three mills each are grouped together in this table.

Name	AKA	Disposition	Built	Type	Water Source
Mount Vernon		Ruins	c1832	Flour, Grist, Saw	Conewago Creek
River View	Haldeman’s	Site	c1840	Flour, Grist	Snitz Creek
Wabash	East Donegal	Site	c1838	Flour, Grist	Shock’s Run
Shock’s	Rowenna	Residence	c1748	Flour, Grist	Shock’s Run
Chestnut Hill		Site	c1810	Grist	Shawnee Run
Columbia		Site	c1813	Grist	Shawnee Run
Staman’s	Steman’s	Site	c1772	Grist, Saw	Staman’s Run
Blue Rock	Witmer’s	Museum	1832	Flour, Grist	Witmer’s Run
C. B. Grubb’s	Shenk’s	Site	Pre 1864	Flour, Grist	Grubb Hollow Run
Gregory Hollow		Site	1895	Flour, Grist	Tucquan Run
Tucquan	Erb’s	Site	c1869	Flour, Grist, Saw, Cider	Tucquan Run
Wentz’s		Flooded	Pre 1770	Flour, Grist, Saw	Muddy Run
Star	Snavely’s	Flooded	c1796	Flour, Grist, Saw	Muddy Run

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