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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 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]
Location of Lackawanna County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Lackawanna County. 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 ...
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]
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 ...
Anthracite Railroads Historical Society, Inc. (ARHS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1974 to preserve historic anthracite hauling railroads of eastern Pennsylvania. [1] The railroads that ARHS is responsible for preserving include: [2] Central Railroad of New Jersey (1843–1976) Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (18??-1960)
The site is now run as a museum with an indoor and outdoor component by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Buildings that are part of the museum include: the Immaculate Conception Church (1861), three "slate pickers houses" (1854), larger laborers' dwellings (1854), St. James Episcopal Church (1859), mine boss's houses (1860 ...
The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad would become the major carrier of anthracite from the northern fields to New York City. [25] While the extensive railroad systems made transporting more efficient, they also lowered the price of coal in distant markets such as Philadelphia and NYC relative to the prices in areas surrounding the mines.