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When the Shamokin power generating station on Independence Street started on September 22, 1883, St. Edward's Roman Catholic Church, which was connected, became the world's first church lit by electricity. [7] Until 2017, Jones Hardware Company was at the Independence Street site of the former Edison electrical station. [8]
The northern terminus of the route was truncated to US 122 (now PA 61) in Shamokin in the 1930s, with PA 125 replacing the section between Shamokin and Line Mountain. Also, the route was extended south to US 11/US 15/US 22/US 322 at Allegheny Street in Dauphin. The southern terminus was constructed into an interchange in 1942.
U.S. Route 122 (US 122) was a United States Numbered Highway that was a spur of US 22.Located in the state of Pennsylvania, it existed from 1935 to 1963.At its greatest extent, the route ran from US 1 and Pennsylvania Route 472 (PA 472) in Oxford north to US 11 and PA 14 in Northumberland.
PA 125 turns to the north and becomes South Market Street, gaining a wide median as it passes more homes. The route heads into the commercial downtown and becomes North Market Street, crossing the Shamokin Valley Railroad and passing more businesses. PA 125 becomes an undivided road again for a block before ending at PA 61. [2] [4]
Pennsylvania Route 487 (PA 487) is a 64.2-mile-long (103.3 km), north–south state highway running from PA 61 in Shamokin Township, Northumberland County, to PA 87 (near its intersection with US 220) in Dushore, Sullivan County. In Bloomsburg, PA 487 and US 11 share a brief wrong-way concurrency.
Shamokin Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the 2010 Census was 2,407, [ 3 ] an increase over the figure of 2,159 tabulated in 2000. The city of Shamokin does not sit within the boundaries of Shamokin Township. but is inside Coal Township bordering it to the south.
Map of the United States with Pennsylvania highlighted. There are 56 municipalities classified as cities in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [1] Each city is further classified based on population, with Philadelphia being of the first class, Pittsburgh of the second class, Scranton of the second class A, and the remaining 53 cities being of the third class.
Shamokin, Pennsylvania, a city in Northumberland County; Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania, a borough in Snyder County; Shamokin Township, Pennsylvania; Shamokin (village), 18th century Native American settlement near the site of present Sunbury