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The original Scranton High School was built in 1857 and was located on the 500 block of Vine Street and North Washington Avenue. The building was renovated several times to meet the need for more space, but eventually the space issues led to the demolition of the original building and the construction of a new one on the same site. The new building opened in 1896 as Scranton High School and was later renamed Scranton Central High School when the Scranton Technical High School was built in 1905. The building was designed by the firm Little & O'Connor of New York City and architect Edward Langley, who moved to Scranton to work on the project. The building was originally a three story stone structure. Later in 1922, Langley designed an addition that is indistinguishable from the original structure. Central, as it was known, served for many years as the academic high school for the citizens of Scranton. At one time, it had a one room annex in the rear of the property, and later used the Administration Building as an annex. A population decline and mounting building deficiencies were listed as the cause for the closure of Central in 1991. The Central building was purchased by Lackawanna College in 1994 and refurbished into a beautiful educational facility while still preserving the historic architecture of the building.
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The Lackawanna Coal Mine is a museum and retired coal mine located in McDade Park in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Visitors board a mine car and descend the #190 slope into the Clark Vein of coal. At the foot of the shaft the visitors begin an hour-long guided tour through the main gangway of the mine and stop at various points to discuss different aspects of the anthracite mining industry. Visitors then leave the Clark Vein via a rock tunnel and stop in the Dunmore #1 Vein. Once in the Dunmore #1, transportation and mining in a fault room are discussed. As the tour continues down the rock tunnel the group stops at the peg shanty to meet the fire boss and discuss his role in mining operations. The tour then continues on to the Dunmore #2 Vein and discusses working in small veins of coal, air doors and their role in ventilation, door boys or nippers, second means of exit from the mine and company store. The tour concludes where the miners ended their final days within the mine in November 1966.
The tour is open seven days a week from April 1 to November 30 and is closed only on Thanksgiving Day. Temperatures within the mine are around a constant of 50–54 °F (10–12 °C).
Adjacent to the mine tour is the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum with exhibits on Northeastern Pennsylvania's mining and industrial history. The address of the mine is at Bald Mountain Rd, Scranton, PA 18504.
The information above comes from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lackawanna_Coal_Mine
Dickson City, PA. June 2015.
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Strasburg 4-8-0 #475 on the way to Strasburg with a one car freight at Cherry Hill Rd. May 22nd, 2013
8/2021 - Scranton, PA
Previously lettered for VLIX, WRRX 6763 is a MLW FPA4 built for CN in 1958. It shows its VIA heritage. This unit left the DL in 10/2021 for the Waldens Ridge RR.
4/20202 - Scranton, PA
The crew climbs aboard these two four-axle units, 2423 and 1804, and heads toward the NS interchange to grab some cars. They'll have some switching to do before they leave town.
4/2020 - Scranton, PA
We're about to spend the day chasing a DL job from Scranton to Slateford and return. Before things get moving, here are some shots around Bridge 60. The moon hangs over DL 2423 in the early morning hours. This unit is former PRR.
President Joe Biden receives a card from health care recipients who attended his Build Back Better event, Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at the Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
Scranton, PA. June 2015.
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nrhp # 79002251- The expanding coal industry in the Lackawanna Valley prompted the founders of Dickson Works to establish here in 1856. Thomas Dickson, later president of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company, saw the advantage and need for a shop in Scranton to repair and manufacture mine machinery, boilers, and more. Various related businesses connected with its operations were acquired and the plant was enlarged many times over the years. The original Dickson Works was the parent company of many of Scranton's industries, such as engines and boilers, rolling mills, and locomotives. The Stacor Equipment Company moved into the building in 1963 and manufactured library tables and furniture. In 1978, the Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Company expanded into the building from the warehouse next door and still occupies the building today. The building has become a tourist attraction since its tower was featured in the opening credits of the popular TV show, "The Office" (20052013). The building features the show's fictional Dunder Mifflin paper company logo on the north side of the tower.
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nrhp # 84003416- The Grand Army of the Republic Building is one of the best and most magnificent representations of Victorian Romanesque architecture in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The building was built in 1886, and originally housed the flourishing Windsor Hotel and Saloon on the first and second floors. The powerful Masonic Order was housed in the large, ornate hall on the top floor. Its major significance as the center of influential political and social gatherings came after 1901, when it was purchased by the Grand Army Republic, a Civil War Union Veterans organization. The local post boasted over 600 members at the turn of the century, many of whom were prosperous and powerful members of Scranton business and political communities.This solid, commanding structure aptly reflected the prominence of its owners. The GAR organization still convenes as a civic organization in another locale. Attributed to noted architect John Duckworth, the building is one of the few existing examples of his work that survives close to the original design. Among his other notable works are The Jermyn Hotel and St. Rose Church, Carbondale.
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Delaware-Lackawanna PT-97 arrives at Scranton moments before the sun sets. Their arrival was delayed by the need to set off grain empties on the siding at Nay Aug (or so I assume, as the grain cars had disappeared from the consist).
The Lackawanna Coal Mine is a museum and retired coal mine located in McDade Park in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Visitors board a mine car and descend the #190 slope into the Clark Vein of coal. At the foot of the shaft the visitors begin an hour-long guided tour through the main gangway of the mine and stop at various points to discuss different aspects of the anthracite mining industry. Visitors then leave the Clark Vein via a rock tunnel and stop in the Dunmore #1 Vein. Once in the Dunmore #1, transportation and mining in a fault room are discussed. As the tour continues down the rock tunnel the group stops at the peg shanty to meet the fire boss and discuss his role in mining operations. The tour then continues on to the Dunmore #2 Vein and discusses working in small veins of coal, air doors and their role in ventilation, door boys or nippers, second means of exit from the mine and company store. The tour concludes where the miners ended their final days within the mine in November 1966.
The tour is open seven days a week from April 1 to November 30 and is closed only on Thanksgiving Day. Temperatures within the mine are around a constant of 50–54 °F (10–12 °C).
Adjacent to the mine tour is the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum with exhibits on Northeastern Pennsylvania's mining and industrial history. The address of the mine is at Bald Mountain Rd, Scranton, PA 18504.
The information above comes from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lackawanna_Coal_Mine
Took a trip back east this past fall, and stopped in Scranton. A lovely city, and beautiful architecture.
When Vaudeville was at its peak in the United States, Scranton was blessed by having a theater erected by S. Z. Poli of New Haven, Connecticut, who owned a string of Vaudeville houses. The theater was built in 1907 for $250,000. The theater sat 2,000 people and had a lower floor, a mezzanine, and first and second balconies. It presented strictly big-time Vaudeville, with two shows daily. Vaudeville acts in those days travelled to a different major city each week of the year. Since Scranton was a major city at that time, they were a major Vaudeville stop and the biggest stars at the height of their careers appeared there. Scranton had a reputation in show business for being the toughest town on the big time circuit. The tough audiences were probably due to the gruff foundry workers and coal miners. Immigrants here did not assimilate as quickly as in the great melting pots of New York, Chicago, and other major cities. Many remained in enclaves with those of similar backgrounds, spoke in their native languages, and kept their old world ways. As consequence of its tough audiences, Scranton was the spot to try out new acts for those who wanted to make it in the big time. The saying evolved, "If you can make it in Scranton, you can make it anywhere." M.E. Comerford purchased the Poli Theater in 1925. It was renamed the Ritz Theater in 1930 when it was acquired by Plix-Paramount Corp. In 1937, it was practically rebuilt, and christened the Comerford Theater. In 1978, the Comerford Theater became the Courtyard Mall, which housed the Ritz Theater in a portion of the former building, and the lower level was broken up into small stores.
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Putting the steam in Steamtown on this day. CP 2317 prepares to depart the roundhouse. Scranton, PA.
Scanned 35mm slide. Picture shows the destruction done to the land from strip mining coal. Underground mine fires that burned for years. The smell of sulphur after every rain, was common when I was growing up. We played here. Thank you Coal Barons. @#$#@%!!!!! idiots!
208 Meadow Ave; closed by the late 70s. Became Rea & Derick in 1979, later becoming CVS # 1611 in 1991. Relocated across the intersection in the late 90s to 1101 Moosic St, on the site of a demolished former Acme. Currently Dollar Tree.
See more scenes of this recently expanded and refurbished library at flic.kr/s/aHsmRy9Js7.
(Photo credit - Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)