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Members of joint labor-management committees at Scranton, July 29th

Members of joint labor-management committees at Scranton, July 29th

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Harrison Avenue Bridge, Spanning Roaring Brook & Central Scranton Expressway (State Route 3022) at Harrison Avenue (State Route 6011), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Harrison Avenue Bridge, Spanning Roaring Brook & Central Scranton Expr...

Significance: The bridge, a monumental structure spanning Roaring Brook between East and South Scranton, is a symbol of the city's progressive era in the early 20th century. A citizen's association formed to ad... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Washington Avenue Bridge, Spanning Washington Avenue at Railroad Alley, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Washington Av...

Significance: The Washington Avenue Bridge is typical of the plate girder and concrete railroad bridges built by the D,L & W after the turn of the century. The bridge carried passenger and freight traffic betw... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Washington Avenue Bridge, Spanning Washington Avenue at Railroad Alley, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Washington Av...

Significance: The Washington Avenue Bridge is typical of the plate girder and concrete railroad bridges built by the D,L & W after the turn of the century. The bridge carried passenger and freight traffic betw... More

Marvine Colliery, Heavy Rail Scales Office, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Heavy Rail Scales Office, West side Boulevard Avenue...

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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Track Scales, 500 feet Southeast of Bridge No. 60, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Track Scales,...

Significance: The D,L & W scale was made by the Fairbanks Company, one of the oldest manufacturers of platform scales in the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-25 Sur... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Track Scales, 500 feet Southeast of Bridge No. 60, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Track Scales,...

Significance: The D,L & W scale was made by the Fairbanks Company, one of the oldest manufacturers of platform scales in the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-25 Sur... More

Silkman House, 2006 North Main Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Silkman House, 2006 North Main Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-217 Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction

332-334 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

332-334 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna ...

Significance: 332-334 Lackawanna Avenue is one of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest period of prosp... More

Slates' Mill Bridge, Township Road 439 spanning South Branch of Tunkhannock Creek in Benton Township, Dalton, Lackawanna County, PA

Slates' Mill Bridge, Township Road 439 spanning South Branch of Tunkha...

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324 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

324 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna Coun...

Significance: 324 Lackawanna Avenue is one of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest period of prosperit... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street Signal Tower, 80 feet Southwest of Railroad Alley & Cedar Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street...

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William Clark House, Abington Road, Clarks Green, Lackawanna County, PA

William Clark House, Abington Road, Clarks Green, Lackawanna County, P...

Survey number: HABS PA-231 Building/structure dates: 1811 Initial Construction

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle, 685 feet South of Bridge Street & Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle,...

Significance: The coal trestle of the D,L & W's Scranton yards supplied coal and sand to all locomotives working on the Scranton mainline. It represents the railroad's commitment to efficient and economical ma... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle, 685 feet South of Bridge Street & Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle,...

Significance: The coal trestle of the D,L & W's Scranton yards supplied coal and sand to all locomotives working on the Scranton mainline. It represents the railroad's commitment to efficient and economical ma... More

Sanderson Avenue Bridge, Sanderson Avenue spanning Lackawanna River, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Sanderson Avenue Bridge, Sanderson Avenue spanning Lackawanna River, S...

Significance: The Sanderson Avenue Bridge is a single-span reinforced concrete-filled spandrel arch structure designed by the pioneering engineer Edwin Thacher. It represents an early application of reinforced... More

Marvine Colliery, Boiler House No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Boiler House No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, betw...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Avenue, Cedar Avenue, River Street & Seventh Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Av...

Significance: The Scranton yards of the D,L & W Railroad are representative of twentieth-century steam-era facilities. Many structures remain from the administration of D,L & W President William H. Truesdale, ... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Avenue, Cedar Avenue, River Street & Seventh Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Av...

Significance: The Scranton yards of the D,L & W Railroad are representative of twentieth-century steam-era facilities. Many structures remain from the administration of D,L & W President William H. Truesdale, ... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Avenue, Cedar Avenue, River Street & Seventh Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Av...

Significance: The Scranton yards of the D,L & W Railroad are representative of twentieth-century steam-era facilities. Many structures remain from the administration of D,L & W President William H. Truesdale, ... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Avenue, Cedar Avenue, River Street & Seventh Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Av...

Significance: The Scranton yards of the D,L & W Railroad are representative of twentieth-century steam-era facilities. Many structures remain from the administration of D,L & W President William H. Truesdale, ... More

Earl Schenck, naval consultant, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th

Earl Schenck, naval consultant, speaking before labor-management commi...

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Meeting of speakers, prior to rally for labor-management committee members, Scranton, July 29th. Left to right: Brigadier General Brice P. Disque, Coordinator for Anthracite, Office of Solid Fuels Coordinator for War, Department of Interior; Richard Maize, Secretary of Mines, State of Pennsylvania; Michael J. Kosik, District President of United Mine Workers of America; Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters; Mart F. Brennan, Acting District President, UMWA and Regional Representative of UMWA for anthracite; Frank W. Earnest, Jr., President, Anthracite Industries Incorporated; Frank C. Wright, Jr., Washington representative for the anthracite industry

Meeting of speakers, prior to rally for labor-management committee mem...

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Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th. Seated left to right: Earl Williams, Dmitri Goulandris and Michael J. Kosik

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headqu...

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Frank C. Wright, Jr., Washington representative for the anthracite industry, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th. Michael J. Kosik, seated.

Frank C. Wright, Jr., Washington representative for the anthracite ind...

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424 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

424 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna Coun...

Significance: 424 Lackawanna Avenue is one of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest period of prosperit... More

418 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

418 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna Coun...

Significance: 418 Lackawanna Avenue is one of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest period of prosperit... More

Pond Creek Bridge, Spanning Pond Creek at Bear Lake Road (State Route 2016), Thornhurst, Lackawanna County, PA

Pond Creek Bridge, Spanning Pond Creek at Bear Lake Road (State Route ...

Significance: This structure is an excellent example of a WPA-sponsored project because of its well-preserved condition and undisturbed setting, where it spans Pond Creek on a rural road just outside of Lackawa... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Washington Avenue Bridge, Spanning Washington Avenue at Railroad Alley, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Washington Av...

Significance: The Washington Avenue Bridge is typical of the plate girder and concrete railroad bridges built by the D,L & W after the turn of the century. The bridge carried passenger and freight traffic betw... More

Marvine Colliery, Heavy Rail Scales Office, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Heavy Rail Scales Office, West side Boulevard Avenue...

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Ackerly Creek Bridge, South Turnpike Road (State Route 4011), Dalton, Lackawanna County, PA

Ackerly Creek Bridge, South Turnpike Road (State Route 4011), Dalton, ...

Significance: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation evaluations have indicated that the bridge is severally deficient due to major deterioration of most concrete members. In several areas, reinforcing bars ... More

332-334 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

332-334 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna ...

Significance: 332-334 Lackawanna Avenue is one of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest period of prosp... More

306-310 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

306-310 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna ...

Significance: 306-310 Lackawanna Avenue is one the largest of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest per... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Bridge 60, Spanning Lackawanna River, Seventh Avenue & Bridge Street, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Bridge 60, Sp...

Significance: Bridge 60 stands at the west end of the Scranton yards. It controlled traffic between the yards and the D,L & W's mainline and Bloomsburg branch. Its construction is typical of D,L & W plate gir... More

William Clark House, Abington Road, Clarks Green, Lackawanna County, PA

William Clark House, Abington Road, Clarks Green, Lackawanna County, P...

Survey number: HABS PA-231 Building/structure dates: 1811 Initial Construction

322 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

322 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna Coun...

Significance: 322 Lackawanna Avenue is one of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest period of prosperit... More

Marvine Colliery, Dorr Thickener Plant No. 1, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Dorr Thickener Plant No. 1, West side Boulevard Aven...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Marvine Colliery, Dorr Thickener Plant No. 1, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Dorr Thickener Plant No. 1, West side Boulevard Aven...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Sanderson Avenue Bridge, Sanderson Avenue spanning Lackawanna River, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Sanderson Avenue Bridge, Sanderson Avenue spanning Lackawanna River, S...

Significance: The Sanderson Avenue Bridge is a single-span reinforced concrete-filled spandrel arch structure designed by the pioneering engineer Edwin Thacher. It represents an early application of reinforced... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Avenue, Cedar Avenue, River Street & Seventh Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Av...

Significance: The Scranton yards of the D,L & W Railroad are representative of twentieth-century steam-era facilities. Many structures remain from the administration of D,L & W President William H. Truesdale, ... More

Mart F. Brennan, Acting District President, United Mine Workers of America, and Regional Representative of UMWA for anthracite, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th. Seated, Michael J. Kosik

Mart F. Brennan, Acting District President, United Mine Workers of Ame...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by William Perlitch or Alfred T. Palmer. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Offi... More

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headquarters, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th. Seated, left to right: Earl Schenck, Naval Consultant; Earl Williams, tanker sailor; Dmitri Goulandris, torpedoed sailor; Michael J. Kosik

Alex G. Nordholm, Chief, Regional Service, War Production Drive Headqu...

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Dmitri Goulandris, torpedoed sailor, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th

Dmitri Goulandris, torpedoed sailor, speaking before labor-management ...

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Richard Maize, Secretary of Mines, State of Pennsylvania, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th. Michael J. Kosik, seated

Richard Maize, Secretary of Mines, State of Pennsylvania, speaking bef...

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330 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

330 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna Coun...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Harrison Avenue Bridge, Spanning Roaring Brook & Central Scranton Expressway (State Route 3022) at Harrison Avenue (State Route 6011), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Harrison Avenue Bridge, Spanning Roaring Brook & Central Scranton Expr...

Significance: The bridge, a monumental structure spanning Roaring Brook between East and South Scranton, is a symbol of the city's progressive era in the early 20th century. A citizen's association formed to ad... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Washington Avenue Bridge, Spanning Washington Avenue at Railroad Alley, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Washington Av...

Significance: The Washington Avenue Bridge is typical of the plate girder and concrete railroad bridges built by the D,L & W after the turn of the century. The bridge carried passenger and freight traffic betw... More

Miners & Mechanics Bank Building, 13 North Main Street, Carbondale, Lackawanna County, PA

Miners & Mechanics Bank Building, 13 North Main Street, Carbondale, La...

Significance: This design includes many different orders of Classic Revival Architecture. All these elements combine to present a strong design, suitable for the image a financial institution would want to exhi... More

Miners & Mechanics Bank Building, 13 North Main Street, Carbondale, Lackawanna County, PA

Miners & Mechanics Bank Building, 13 North Main Street, Carbondale, La...

Significance: This design includes many different orders of Classic Revival Architecture. All these elements combine to present a strong design, suitable for the image a financial institution would want to exhi... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Track Scales, 500 feet Southeast of Bridge No. 60, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Track Scales,...

Significance: The D,L & W scale was made by the Fairbanks Company, one of the oldest manufacturers of platform scales in the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-25 Sur... More

Ackerly Creek Bridge, South Turnpike Road (State Route 4011), Dalton, Lackawanna County, PA

Ackerly Creek Bridge, South Turnpike Road (State Route 4011), Dalton, ...

Significance: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation evaluations have indicated that the bridge is severally deficient due to major deterioration of most concrete members. In several areas, reinforcing bars ... More

320 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

320 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna Coun...

Significance: 320 Lackawanna Avenue is one of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest period of prosperit... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Cedar Avenue Bridge, Spanning Cedar Avenue at Railroad Alley, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Cedar Avenue ...

Significance: The Cedar Avenue Bridge, once called the Mattes Street Bridge, is typical of the plate girder and concrete railroad bridges erected by the D,L & W after the turn of the century. It carried passen... More

Slates' Mill Bridge, Township Road 439 spanning South Branch of Tunkhannock Creek in Benton Township, Dalton, Lackawanna County, PA

Slates' Mill Bridge, Township Road 439 spanning South Branch of Tunkha...

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324 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

324 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna Coun...

Significance: 324 Lackawanna Avenue is one of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest period of prosperit... More

William Clark House, Abington Road, Clarks Green, Lackawanna County, PA

William Clark House, Abington Road, Clarks Green, Lackawanna County, P...

Survey number: HABS PA-231 Building/structure dates: 1811 Initial Construction

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Scrap Platform, 350 feet South of South Washington Avenue & River Street, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Scrap Platfor...

Significance: The D,L & W's Scranton scrap platform held metal, rubber and other scrap collected from the Scranton division and yards. Scrap was sorted at the platform, and then recycled or sold. The faciliti... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Gas House, 100 block of South Washington Avenue, west side, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Gas House, 10...

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Sanderson Avenue Bridge, Sanderson Avenue spanning Lackawanna River, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Sanderson Avenue Bridge, Sanderson Avenue spanning Lackawanna River, S...

Significance: The Sanderson Avenue Bridge is a single-span reinforced concrete-filled spandrel arch structure designed by the pioneering engineer Edwin Thacher. It represents an early application of reinforced... More

Sanderson Avenue Bridge, Sanderson Avenue spanning Lackawanna River, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Sanderson Avenue Bridge, Sanderson Avenue spanning Lackawanna River, S...

Significance: The Sanderson Avenue Bridge is a single-span reinforced concrete-filled spandrel arch structure designed by the pioneering engineer Edwin Thacher. It represents an early application of reinforced... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Switch Shanty, 350 feet Southeast of Bridge No. 60, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Switch Shanty...

Significance: The switch shanty functioned as a switchman's shelter and as a center of communication in the middle of the busy Scranton yards. The building is unimposing, but was necessary to the yards' operat... More

Marvine Colliery, Boiler House No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Boiler House No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, betw...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Avenue, Cedar Avenue, River Street & Seventh Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Av...

Significance: The Scranton yards of the D,L & W Railroad are representative of twentieth-century steam-era facilities. Many structures remain from the administration of D,L & W President William H. Truesdale, ... More

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between E...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between E...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between E...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Breaker No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between E...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania 1892.

Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania 1892.

Perspe tive map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 733 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

Members of joint labor-management committees at Scranton, July 29th

Members of joint labor-management committees at Scranton, July 29th

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301-303 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

301-303 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna ...

Significance: 301-303 Lackawanna Avenue is in a neighborhood of late 19th century commercial buildings that comprised the heart of Scranton's business district during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the... More

Harrison Avenue Bridge, Spanning Roaring Brook & Central Scranton Expressway (State Route 3022) at Harrison Avenue (State Route 6011), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Harrison Avenue Bridge, Spanning Roaring Brook & Central Scranton Expr...

Significance: The bridge, a monumental structure spanning Roaring Brook between East and South Scranton, is a symbol of the city's progressive era in the early 20th century. A citizen's association formed to ad... More

Ackerly Creek Bridge, South Turnpike Road (State Route 4011), Dalton, Lackawanna County, PA

Ackerly Creek Bridge, South Turnpike Road (State Route 4011), Dalton, ...

Significance: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation evaluations have indicated that the bridge is severally deficient due to major deterioration of most concrete members. In several areas, reinforcing bars ... More

Silkman House, 2006 North Main Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Silkman House, 2006 North Main Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-217 Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Roundhouse, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Roundhouse, S...

Survey number: HAER PA-132-K Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Roundhouse, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Roundhouse, S...

Survey number: HAER PA-132-K Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

422 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

422 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna Coun...

Significance: 422 Lackawanna Avenue is one of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest period of prosperit... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Oil House, 650 feet Southeast of Cliff & Mechanic Streets, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Oil House, 65...

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 ... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Oil House, 650 feet Southeast of Cliff & Mechanic Streets, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Oil House, 65...

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 ... More

324 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

324 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna Coun...

Significance: 324 Lackawanna Avenue is one of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest period of prosperit... More

William Clark House, Abington Road, Clarks Green, Lackawanna County, PA

William Clark House, Abington Road, Clarks Green, Lackawanna County, P...

Survey number: HABS PA-231 Building/structure dates: 1811 Initial Construction

William Clark House, Abington Road, Clarks Green, Lackawanna County, PA

William Clark House, Abington Road, Clarks Green, Lackawanna County, P...

Survey number: HABS PA-231 Building/structure dates: 1811 Initial Construction

Marvine Colliery, Oil House, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Oil House, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East ...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle, 685 feet South of Bridge Street & Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle,...

Significance: The coal trestle of the D,L & W's Scranton yards supplied coal and sand to all locomotives working on the Scranton mainline. It represents the railroad's commitment to efficient and economical ma... More

Sanderson Avenue Bridge, Sanderson Avenue spanning Lackawanna River, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Sanderson Avenue Bridge, Sanderson Avenue spanning Lackawanna River, S...

Significance: The Sanderson Avenue Bridge is a single-span reinforced concrete-filled spandrel arch structure designed by the pioneering engineer Edwin Thacher. It represents an early application of reinforced... More

Sanderson Avenue Bridge, Sanderson Avenue spanning Lackawanna River, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Sanderson Avenue Bridge, Sanderson Avenue spanning Lackawanna River, S...

Significance: The Sanderson Avenue Bridge is a single-span reinforced concrete-filled spandrel arch structure designed by the pioneering engineer Edwin Thacher. It represents an early application of reinforced... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Switch Shanty, 350 feet Southeast of Bridge No. 60, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Switch Shanty...

Significance: The switch shanty functioned as a switchman's shelter and as a center of communication in the middle of the busy Scranton yards. The building is unimposing, but was necessary to the yards' operat... More

Marvine Colliery, Boiler House No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, Boiler House No. 2, West side Boulevard Avenue, betw...

Significance: Marvine Colliery is important to local history for its relationship to the development of the Anthracite Mining Industry in northeast Pennsylvania, "The Anthracite Capital of the World" 1890-1930.... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Avenue, Cedar Avenue, River Street & Seventh Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Av...

Significance: The Scranton yards of the D,L & W Railroad are representative of twentieth-century steam-era facilities. Many structures remain from the administration of D,L & W President William H. Truesdale, ... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Avenue, Cedar Avenue, River Street & Seventh Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Av...

Significance: The Scranton yards of the D,L & W Railroad are representative of twentieth-century steam-era facilities. Many structures remain from the administration of D,L & W President William H. Truesdale, ... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Avenue, Cedar Avenue, River Street & Seventh Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Av...

Significance: The Scranton yards of the D,L & W Railroad are representative of twentieth-century steam-era facilities. Many structures remain from the administration of D,L & W President William H. Truesdale, ... More

Earl Schenck, Naval Consultant, speaking before labor-management committee members at Scranton, July 29th

Earl Schenck, Naval Consultant, speaking before labor-management commi...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Photographed by William Perlitch or Alfred T. Palmer. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Offi... More

U. S. Post Office, North Washington & Linden Streets, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

U. S. Post Office, North Washington & Linden Streets, Scranton, Lackaw...

Public domain photograph of a post office building, postal service, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

301-303 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

301-303 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna ...

Significance: 301-303 Lackawanna Avenue is in a neighborhood of late 19th century commercial buildings that comprised the heart of Scranton's business district during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the... More

Marvine Colliery, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Stre...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, park architecture, outdoors, romantic atmospheric landscape, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Marvine Colliery, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Street & Route 380, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Marvine Colliery, West side Boulevard Avenue, between East Parker Stre...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a public building, auditorium, hall, commons, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

226 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

226 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna Coun...

Significance: 226 Lackawanna Avenue is one of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest period of prosperit... More

316-318 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

316-318 Lackawanna Avenue (Commercial Building), Scranton, Lackawanna ...

Significance: 316-318 Lackawanna Avenue is one of the largest of a row of late 19th and early 20th century commercial buildings that made up the heart of Scranton's business district during the city's greatest ... More

Ackerly Creek Bridge, South Turnpike Road (State Route 4011), Dalton, Lackawanna County, PA

Ackerly Creek Bridge, South Turnpike Road (State Route 4011), Dalton, ...

Significance: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation evaluations have indicated that the bridge is severally deficient due to major deterioration of most concrete members. In several areas, reinforcing bars ... More

Silkman House, 2006 North Main Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Silkman House, 2006 North Main Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-217 Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Bridge 60, Spanning Lackawanna River, Seventh Avenue & Bridge Street, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Bridge 60, Sp...

Significance: Bridge 60 stands at the west end of the Scranton yards. It controlled traffic between the yards and the D,L & W's mainline and Bloomsburg branch. Its construction is typical of D,L & W plate gir... More

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