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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.
It is located in Scranton, near the Steamtown National Historic Site. 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]
108 Willow Ave. at Lackawanna Ave. (Hwy. 347), at Am. Legion Post, Olyphant: City Military, Military Post-Civil War, Women Munsee Indian Village - PLAQUE: May 1, 1916: 843 Providence Rd., on wall near stadium entrance, West Scranton
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 ...
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]
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 ...
Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located on 62.48 acres (25.3 ha) [2] in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, at the site of the former Scranton yards of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W).
National Art Museum of Sport, Indianapolis, dissolved in 2017; reopened as part of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis in 2018 [50] Ragtops Museum, Michigan City, closed in 2011 [51] Ropkey Armor Museum, Crawfordsville, closed in 2017 [52] Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, reopened as the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art in 2023 [53]