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Tracing its roots back to 1840 on the banks of Roaring brook Scranton Pennsylvania is now considered an important industrial and cultural center in the United States In 1840 George and Selden Scranton with William Henry established their iron furnaces on the banks of Roaring Brook in the wilderness of northeastern Pennsylvania Anthracite locomotives silk and lace soon followed In 1847 they successfully mass produced iron T rails and later emerged as the nation s third largest steel manufacturer Scranton traces the growth of Slocum Hollow through its rising industrialization into its emergence as the bustling Electric City In all its urban complexity Scranton attracted European immigrants and cosmopolitan investors as well as labor leader John Mitchell and entertainer Buffalo Bill Joseph Albright Jr. Scranton wilkes barre railriders a Scranton born philanthropist endowed a public library and Raymond Hood the architect of Rockefeller Center designed the Masonic Temple The footprints of these achievements remain an enduring testament to this important industrial and cultural center Scranton Images of America Pennsylvania
Scranton (Images of America: Pennsylvania) By Cheryl A. Kashuba |
0738538590 |
9780738538594 |
English |
128 |
Paperback |
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