This week’s photos of Columbia
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JOE LINTNER | COLUMBIA SPY
Progress at the Von Hess project on Bank Avenue
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Wrightsville 41 was in town.
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A view from the Union Street boat ramp
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Don’t poke the bear.
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Mural
It’s hard to see, but the back of the truck reads STATE GAME WARDEN. Directly above, it says OPERATION GAME THIEF, along with some contact information.
Evening clouds
Daytime clouds
Company truck on South 9th
There’s the surveyor, next to the former McGinness property. There’s also a project in progress across the street from him, as well as one further up the street, on the next block.
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Quisp is still around?
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Old model
(Photo from the previous week)
Do not fill the observation well.
This company hasn’t been in town in decades.
Neenah Foundry makes Controlled Pressure Release Manhole Covers, but this doesn’t appear to be one of them, nor would it need to be for a sewer.
Personnel were at Columbia River Park on Friday to remove oil containment booms near the Columbia Water Company and the Lancaster Water Company. The booms were placed a few weeks ago, in response to an oil spill at J&K Salvage in York County in late February. Amanda Hancher, Senior Press Officer @EPA Mid-Atlantic Region, who was on-scene, provided a link to the following information:
“Local, state, and federal emergency response personnel have formed a Unified Command in response to a building fire and associated oil spill that occurred at J&K Salvage in Spring Garden Township, Pa., on February 25, 2026.
Unified Command comprises of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP), York County Hazardous Materials Team (HAZMAT), York Area United Fire and Rescue, York Regional Emergency Management, and Spring Garden Township.
Just before 2 pm on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, emergency responders were dispatched to a commercial fire in Spring Garden Township on the property of the salvage yard located at 1173 Kings Mill Road. Responders extinguished the fire at approximately 4 pm. The fire melted several dozen containers holding thousands of gallons of various oils and damaged several containers of unknown substances. The released oils seeped into the soil and a nearby unnamed tributary that leads to the Codorus Creek, creating the potential for migration beyond the immediate site.
A local response consisting of firefighters, HAZMAT technicians, and PA DEP representatives responded to the fire that afternoon and in the days that followed, with EPA arriving and establishing Unified Command to jointly manage the incident. Containment, mitigation, and hazardous material removal continues at the site, as well as air and water monitoring and sampling for responder and public health.”
Additional information is HERE.
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