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First street in Harrisburg is paved. [7] 1875 Harrisburg and Middletown Omnibus Co. was organized to bring passengers to the trolley. [6] 1877 Central Iron Works new plant built by Charles Bailey; City troops guard the arsenal upon the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. 1878 Telephones installed in Harrisburg. 1880 Steelton incorporated.
This timeline lists significant discoveries in physics and the laws of nature, including experimental discoveries, theoretical proposals that were confirmed experimentally, and theories that have significantly influenced current thinking in modern physics. Such discoveries are often a multi-step, multi-person process.
Roughly bounded by McClay, North 3rd, Reily, North 2nd, and Calder 40°16′26″N 76°53′43″W / 40.273889°N 76.895278°W / 40.273889; -76.895278 ( Old Uptown Harrisburg Historic
The complex has been extended across North Street to include the Modernist State Museum of Pennsylvania building and the adjacent Department of Transportation building. The complex and greater area is protected full-time by the Pennsylvania Capitol Police —its dedicated law enforcement agency—as well as the Harrisburg Bureau of Police ...
In September 1997, the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts was established at the cost of $52.7 million public-private partnership, which The Whitaker Foundation and the Helen F. Whitaker Fund have contributed over $8 million to the establishment of the center.
Strawberry Square is considered a project in the modern urban revitalization of center city Harrisburg. Phase I of this mixed-use facility originally opened in 1978, with 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m 2) of office and retail space overlooking the Capitol following the closing and demolition of the Penn-Harris Hotel in 1973.
The site along the Susquehanna River in which Harrisburg is located is thought to have been inhabited by Native Americans as early as 3000 BC. Known to the Native Americans as "Peixtin", or "Paxtang", the area was an important resting place and crossroads for Native American traders, as the trails leading from the Delaware to the Ohio and from the Potomac to the Upper Susquehanna intersected ...
PA State Archive Building [6] From the Pennsylvania State Archives website: Archives Remains Closed - UPDATE The Pennsylvania State Archives has completed the move to its new facility at 1681 North Sixth Street, Harrisburg, PA, but certain systems that will be used by the public continue to be installed and tested.