Dec. 2017 photo by D. Finch
Dec. 2017 image by J. Graham
May 2018 photo by J. Graham
April 2020 photo by J. Graham
Marker now installed on PA Rt 316 at south edge of the Boro
Chambersburg (Lincoln Highway – 1)
- COORDINATES: 39.924170,-77.660776
- COUNTY: Franklin
- DISTANCE TO NEXT: Lincoln Highway - 1 This is a most unusual entry, as most markers note a distance to the next town down the road. The Lincoln Highway was the original U.S. Route 30 across Pennsylvania.
- EXPLANATION OF NAME: Named For Col. Benjamin Chambers
- FOUNDED: 1734
- MANUFACTURER: Maker name indiscernible on reverse of marker. Others here are marked Carlisle Foundry Co.
- STATUS: This is a newly discovered marker, as it has been hidden away in the Borough Maintenance facility for some time and thought to be no longer extant. Marker was repainted by KMT in May 2018 and was reinstalled by Borough.