Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley Railroad, more commonly known as the Laurel Line, was a Pennsylvania third rail electric interurban streetcar line which operated commuter train service from 1903 to 1952, and freight service until 1976. Its main line ran from Scranton to Wilkes-Barre .
The Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad (WB&E) was a railroad that operated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States from 1892 to 1939. History Share of the Wilkes-Barre & Eastern Railroad Company from the 14. February 1893. The WB&E was a wholly owned subsidiary of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (NYS&W).
School website. G.A.R. Memorial Junior/Senior High School (commonly known throughout the area simply as 'G.A.R.') was a high school located on 250 South Grant Street, in Wilkes-Barre, located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States . G.A.R. was both a junior and senior public high school, offering education to students in grades 7–12.
The Luzerne County Historical Society is one of the oldest continually operating local historical societies in America. It was founded on February 11, 1858, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the first successful burning of anthracite coal by Jesse Fell, and was originally named the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society.
The Giants Despair Hillclimb is a hillclimb which was established in 1906 in Laurel Run, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, just southeast of its border to Wilkes-Barre Township. [2] The contest was first run in conjunction with Wilkes-Barre 's centennial celebration. [3] It is the oldest continuing motorsport event in Pennsylvania. [3]
The Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway (also known as the Cannon Ball [1]) was an electric railway in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania connecting the cities of Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton. It operated from 1903 to 1933 using a third rail and had no grade crossings. It was approximately thirty miles long and had one tunnel between Warrior Run and ...
In 1867, he came to Wilkes-Barre and joined the staff of the Wilkes-Barre Record. For many years Barthe was the editor of the Plymouth Weekly Star newspaper. He was Plymouth's fifth burgess, elected on February 16, 1875. Barthe died on June 4, 1892, and is buried at Hillside Cemetery in Roslyn, Pennsylvania.
Wilkes-Barre. Central Railroad of New Jersey Station. Central Railroad of New Jersey Station, October 2011. General information. Location. 31-35 South Baltimore Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Coordinates. 41°14′31″N 75°52′47″W. / 41.24194°N 75.87972°W / 41.24194; -75.87972.
41°11′26″N 75°54′37″W. / 41.190556°N 75.910278°W / 41.190556; -75.910278 ( Ashley Planes) Fairview and Hanover Townships. 2. Bear Creek Village Historic District. Bear Creek Village Historic District. October 28, 1999. ( #99001287) Pennsylvania Route 115 at Bear Creek Dam.
Wilkes-Barre ( / ˈwɪlksbɛər / WILKS-bair or /- bɛəri / -bair-ee) is a city in and the county seat of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census. It is the second-largest city, after Scranton, in the Scranton ...