Scranton - The Electric City
by Richard Reeve
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Scranton - The Electric City
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Richard Reeve
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
Scranton is the geographic and cultural center of the Lackawanna River valley, and the largest of the former anthracite coal mining communities in a contiguous quilt-work that also includes Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, and Carbondale. Scranton was incorporated as a borough on February 14, 1856, and as a city on April 23, 1866.
Scranton became known as "the Electric City" when electric lights were introduced at Dickson Locomotive Works in 1880. Six years later, the nation's first successful, continuously operating electrified streetcars began operating in the city.
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August 30th, 2014
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Comments (3)
Meg Shearer
Fantastic shot Richard! L/F!
Richard Reeve replied:
Thank you, Meg. I would have liked to have seen this lit, but even unlit it is a great sign.
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