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Sybertsville is a community in Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. [1] It is one mile northwest of Conyngham and six miles west-northwest of Hazleton. Nescopeck Creek runs west through the area into the Susquehanna River. Route 93 passes through the community. It uses the Sugarloaf zip code of 18251. [2]
Its unincorporated communities include Black Ridge, Council Crest, Sybertsville, and Tomhicken. PA 93 serves the township and interchanges with I-80 in the northern half of the municipality. I-81 crosses the southeastern corner of Sugarloaf, where it interchanges with PA 93 in Black Ridge.
A covered wagon, also called a prairie wagon, whitetop, [1] or prairie schooner, [2] is a horse-drawn or ox-drawn wagon used for passengers or freight hauling. It has a canvas, tarpaulin, or waterproof sheet which is stretched over removable wooden bows (also called hoops or tilts) and lashed to the body of the wagon.
The Conestoga wagon is a more robust variant of covered wagon – it has the general characteristics of being a wooden wagon with both hickory bows on top to hold up a waterproof canvas and wooden wheels. Covered wagons are generally pulled by draft horses and act as both a transport vehicle and mobile home. They were specialized vehicles for ...
Columbia Wagon Works, also known as Colonial Wagon Company, is a historic wagon factory complex located at Columbia in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The complex was built between 1889 and 1920, and includes seven contributing buildings. They are rectangular brick factory buildings with heavy timber frame construction.
The Gruber Wagon Works is a historic industrial facility on Red Bridge Road in Bern Township, Pennsylvania, United States. [3] Built about 1882, it is an extremely rare example of a fully outfitted 19th-century wagon manufacturing facility.
Genesee Valley Transportation Co., Inc. The Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad ( reporting mark DL ) is a shortline railroad operating in Northeastern Pennsylvania , especially the Scranton area. DL began service in August 1993 and is the designated operator for 88 miles (142 kilometres) of trackage in Lackawanna , Wayne , Northampton , and Monroe ...
For covered wagons there was the Class A2 wagon with a 15 t (14.8 long tons; 16.5 short tons) maximum load and 21.3 m 2 (229 sq ft) loading area built to a standard template, and the large-volume covered wagon based on template A9, also with a 15 t (14.8 long tons; 16.5 short tons) maximum load, but a 21.3 m 2 (229 sq ft) loading area.