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The Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum and the Scranton Iron Furnaces, both in Scranton, Lackawanna County [2] Eckley Miners' Village near Weatherly, Luzerne County [3] The Museum of Anthracite Mining overlooking the community of Ashland in Schuylkill County [1] A few museum exhibits are also located at the companion Lackawana Coal Mine Tour.
The site has been managed by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission since 1971 and is part of the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum complex. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991, as the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company Furnace. [1]
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available.
The area is strongly identified with anthracite coal mining and the industries which depended on the coal, such as railroading, locomotive-building and rail-making. [1] Major components of the heritage area include Steamtown National Historic Site, the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum and the Electric City Trolley Museum. [1]
Dec. 28—WILKES-BARRE — A regional observance of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month will take place during January 2024. A variety of programs will be featured in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Hazle ...
In 1903, the Continental Coal Company opened the Lackawanna Coal Mine. [1] After operating for more than half a century, this mine was closed in 1966 and lay abandoned until 1978. That year, the mine was converted to a museum, supported by $2.5 million in U.S. federal government funding. Restoration included the removal of debris, the laying of ...
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Carbondale was the site of the first deep vein anthracite coal mine [7] in the United States, and was the site of the Carbondale mine fire which burned from 1946 to the early 1970s. Carbondale has struggled with the demise of the once-prominent coal mining industry that had once made the region a haven for immigrants seeking work.