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The park was originally known as Big Run Falls when the site was purchased by Col. Levi Brinton in 1892. [1] At the turn of the twentieth century, power companies realized they could make profits developing amusement parks, so in 1897, the New Castle Traction Company (later the Pennsylvania Power Company) bought the property from Col. Brinton. [1]
The Warners, residents of nearby Youngstown, Ohio, were sons of Polish Jews wanting to break into the newly-established and burgeoning film business. After successfully presenting a used copy of The Great Train Robbery at Idora Park in Youngstown, [1] the brothers traveled to New Castle to screen the movie in a vacant store on a site that would later become the Cascade Center. [2]
New Castle is the county seat of Lawrence County which has a population of approximately 91,000. In 1998, New Castle was a host city for the History Channel Great Race. Over 15,000 spectators gathered downtown for the festivities. The city celebrated its 200th birthday in 1998 with a downtown fireworks festival that attracted over 30,000 people.
New Castle Township is a township that is located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, in the state's Coal Region. The population was 348 at the time of the 2020 census. The population was 348 at the time of the 2020 census.
The United States Office of Management and Budget [14] has designated Lawrence County as the New Castle, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2010 U.S. census [ 15 ] the micropolitan area ranked 3rd most populous in the State of Pennsylvania and the 48th most populous in the United States with a population of 91,108.
Cascade Park may refer to, Cascade Park (amusement park) Cascade Park West, Washington; Cascade Park East, Washington; Cascade Park, New Castle, Pennsylvania; Cascade Park in Duluth; Cascade Park in Yerevan (Monuments of Yerevan#Cascade)
Oak Knoll in New Castle, DE. Oak Knoll Books was founded in 1976 in Newark, Delaware by Robert D. (Bob) Fleck Jr. (1947–2016). [3] He founded Oak Knoll Press in 1978. [4] [5] Both parts of Oak Knoll specialize in books "about book collecting, book selling, bibliography, libraries, publishing, private press printing, fine printing, bookbinding, book design, book illustration, calligraphy ...
Zambelli Fireworks is a fireworks company based in New Castle, Pennsylvania in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The company was founded in Naples, Italy by Antonio Zambelli in 1893. Zambelli immigrated to the United States and established "Zambelli Fireworks Manufacturing Company" in New Castle, incorporating it on August 3, 1960. [1] [2]