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Duryea is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, 9 miles (14 km) south of Scranton.The Susquehanna River marks Duryea's western boundary and the Lackawanna River flows through Duryea.
Reading, PA, "where Duryea first proved automobiles could consistently climb mountains" In 1895, a second Duryea (built in 1894), [2] driven by Frank, won the Chicago Times Herald race in Chicago on a snowy Thanksgiving day. He traveled 54 miles (87 km) at an average speed of 7.5 mph (12 km/h), marking the first U.S. auto race in which any ...
Duryea Yard was established in 1870 by Lehigh Valley Railroad and is currently operated by Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad.. Duryea Yard [Nts 1] (formerly Coxton Yard, sometimes Pittston Junction, or West Pittston Yard) is a railroad yard in the Wyoming Valley region of Northeastern Pennsylvania currently operated by the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad.
Campbell's Ledge is a geographical feature in Duryea, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It is about 1,280 feet (390 m) above sea level. It is located about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south of the center of the nearby Campbell's Ledge Reservoir. It features a multipurpose antenna for emergency services.
Charles Duryea was born on December 15, 1861, near Canton, Illinois, to George Washington Duryea and Louisa Melvina Turner. [3]Duryea and his brother Frank (1869–1967) were initially bicycle makers in Washington, D.C., but later became world-renowned as the first American gasoline-powered car manufacturers, headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts.
The Duryea Motor Wagon carriage won first place in the first-ever American automobile race, the Times-Herald race, in 1896. The Duryeas also won first and second place in the Cosmopolitan Race on Decoration Day, 1896 in New York City. On November 14, 1896, they joined the Procession/Race from London to Brighton England. [2] Davidson-Duryea Gun ...
Duryea, Pennsylvania, a borough in Luzerne County Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Duryea .
Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad – Pittston at the Duryea yard, which is operated by the RBMN. [20] Connects along the left bank trackage along the main Susquehanna River to New York State railways via the former Lehigh Valley Railroad through the yard at Sayre, Pennsylvania, reaching Rochester, Buffalo, and Erie, Pennsylvania