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Did you know? What Chambersburg native is the inventor of the first "hook & ladder" device used by fire departments across the country and around the world? |
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THE ANSWER: Joseph Winters |
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FORT LOUDON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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P .O. Box 181 |
An authentic French and Indian frontier period fort located in rural Franklin County near Chambersburg. On March 9, 1765, armed Colonial Americans took the fort from the British--more than ten years before the Battle of Lexington.
Hours Dawn to dusk
Directions Located on US Route 30, 13 miles west of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania on Brooklyn Rd.
FRANKLIN COUNTY VISITORS BUREAU
14 NORTH MAIN STREET
CHAMBERSBURG, PA 17201
866 646 8060
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