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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV9Z_the-tripp-house_Scranton-PA.html
Isaac Tripp, Scranton's first settler, built a house here in 1771. His son, Isaac II, began the present building - the oldest in Lackawanna County - about 1778. Both men represented this region in Connecticut's Assembly. Isaac III enlarged the hou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV93_terence-v-powderly_Scranton-PA.html
Noted labor leader. Born Jan 22, 1849, in Carbondale. Grand Master Workman of the Knights of Labor, 1879-93. Scranton's Mayor, 1878-84. Later Federal immigration official. Died in 1924. His home was near here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV92_rev-william-bishop_Scranton-PA.html
Baptist clergyman and first ordained minister in Scranton, built a combined log church and house near here in 1795. There he preached and held services. He was born in England, 1749, and died in Scott Township in 1816.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLHU_the-pioneer_Scranton-PA.html
This gravity railroad car, used on the Pennsylvania Coal Company Railroad, was presented by the company to the City of Scranton, Sept. 3, 1909. The car was used on the line from Hawley to Pittston from 1850 to 1884.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLCM_lackawanna-county_Scranton-PA.html
Formed August 13, 1878 from Luzerne County, it was Pennsylvania's 67th and last county created. The name is an Indian word meaning "stream that forks." Scranton, the county seat, was made a city, 1866. It became the anthracite coal mining capital …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD42_dl-w-coal-hoppers_Scranton-PA.html
Hopper cars like these carried the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad's heaviest and most profitable freight - anthracite coal. With increases in coal production came the need to increase hauling capacity. In the decades before 1900, the D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD41_long-island-railroad-193-rotary-snow-plow_Scranton-PA.html
This rotary snow plow (built in 1898) worked the Long Island Railroad for sixty-nine years, until its retirement in 1967. The Long Island #193 was a Canadian-invented plow designed to reduce the cost of snow removal. Much like a modern snowblo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD40_claremont-concord-snow-plow-60_Scranton-PA.html
Coupled in front of the locomotive, this type of wedge-shaped plow simply pushed snow to the side. Because of their reliance on a locomotive's momentum, plows were often operated at high speeds - a practice fraught with danger. Nonetheless, snow r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD3Z_bullard-company-2_Scranton-PA.html
This oil-burning steam engine was designed to be operated by a single engineer-fireman and was among the smallest standard-gauge locomotives ever built. Locomotive #2 operated up and down the railroad sidings and loading tracks outside the Bull…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD3Y_steamtown-national-historic-site_Scranton-PA.html
(1) Locomotive Erecting Shop (1909) - where heavy maintenance was done on locomotives. More than 70 locomotives were built here. The facility included a foundry, blacksmith shop, machine shop, and a laboratory. (2) Office and Storage Building (…
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