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SUNDAYS MILL
GRUBER WAGON WORKS


WERTZ'S RED BRIDGE
FIRST POST OFFICE
CLOCKMAKER
WHITE SCHOOL



Sunday's Mill



The Sunday Grist Mill was owned from 1791 to 1808 by Christopher Sunday. (Sontag) It consisted of 225 acres of land.

The first mill was burned down in 1777 when Henry Christman owned it. The new mill was built in 1779 by Abraham Bety.

The lower story and half of the mill were of stone, and the second and third stories were of log construction, with the usual hoisting pully under a hood in the peak of the gable of the mill to lift the grain to doors at the second and third floors.

The building was square before a 2 1/2 addition was built, the second floor providing a dwelling for the miller.




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Gruber Wagon Works

In the 1870's Franklin H. Gruber, founder of the Gruber Wagon Works, began buiding wagons. This was in Mt. Pleasent, Pa. Berks County.

The manufacturing process evolved from a single craftmen using tools and techniques passed down for centuries, to a family operated business employing mass production methods.

On July 2, 1972, the Gruber Wagon Works was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

In 1976, the building was moved to the Berks County Heritage Center, due to the building of the Blue Marsh Dam.

For more pictures, please visit the site below.
Gruber Wagon Works


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The Wertz's Covered Bridge(Red Bridge).

Built in 1867, it is one of the longest of Pennsylvania's surviving covered bridges. Measuring 204 feet.



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Reading, Pa. First Post Office Located at 140 N. 5th. Street



The plaque reads:SITE OF THE FIRST POST OFFICE. READING, BERKS CO. PENNA 1798-1823

JOHN WALTER-POSTMASTER

PROPERTY OF THE WOMAN'SCLUB OF READING, PA.

JANUARY 2, 1919




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House of former clockmaker, Daniel Rose. Located at 34 S. 5th. Street, Reading, PA.



Plaque reads: THIS HOUSE BUILT IN 1764

BEFORE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

DANIEL ROSE, CLOCKMAKER

FRIEND OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

LIVED HERE IN 1774

ONE OF HIS GRANDFATHER'S CLOCKS WAS PRESENTED TO GENERAL LAFAYETTE TO TAKE BACK TO FRANCE, AS A GIFT FROM AMERICA IN APPRECIATION OF HIS HELP DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR




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White School 1863 Mohnton, Pa. near the Fish and Game Preserve off of Vermont Road.


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