Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Oil House, 650 feet Southeast of Cliff & Mechanic Streets, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA
Summary
Significance: The D,L & W oil house supplied lubricating, cleaning and fuel oils to the locomotives and machinery at the railroad's Scranton yards. It is representative of early twentieth-century oil handling facilities.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-25
Survey number: HAER PA-132-E
Building/structure dates: 1911 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Steamtown National Historic Site
Location
Scranton (Pa.), 41.40897, -75.66241
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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