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Scranton is located in the northeastern area of Pennsylvania. In 2000,
the city had a population of 76,415 and it's the sixth largest city in Pennsylvania. The city
is 25.4 square miles with only 0.2 square miles under water. The elevation is
750 feet above sea level. The city is known as the "Electric City"
and the city's motto is "Embracing Our People, Our Traditions, and Our Future".
Scranton is made up of four
different sections:
- Hill Section
- North Scranton
- South Side
- West Side
Neighborhoods
- Bellevue
- Bull's head
- East Mountain
- Green Ridge
- Moosic
- Pine Brook
- Plot
- Taylor
- Tripp Park
- West Mountain
Coal
production was important in the city, but after World War II, the need for coal
lessened. The economy began to suffer and the population shrank after the war.
To make matters worse, Hurricane Diane destroyed eastern and southern parts of
the city in 1955 and 80 people died. Mining pretty much disappeared from
northeastern Pennsylvania
after the Knox Mine disaster in January 1959 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knox_Mine_Disaster).
The Susquehanna River flooded the mines. When
there was no need to transport coal, the DL & W Railroad almost went
bankrupt, but they merged with the Erie Railroad in 1960. Businesses from the
downtown area moved to the shopping malls in the suburbs in the 1970's and
1980's.
The
focus in the mid 1980's was to revitalize the city. This has lead to more
interest in the buildings and history of the city. Some of these properties are
being renovated, redesigned and promoted as tourist attractions. These
attractions include:
- Electric City
Trolley Museum
- Houdini Museum - founded by Dorothy
Dietrich - a magician
- Mall at
Steamtown - helped to advance the downtown revitalization
- Radisson Lackawanna
Station Hotel - restored DL & W train station
- Steamtown
National Historic Site - highlights railroad background
Scranton Population
1870 - 35,092 people
1880 - 45,850 people
1890 - 75,215 people
1900 - 102,026 people
1910 - 129,867 people
1920 - 137,783 people
1930 - 143,333 people
1940 - 140,404 people
1950 - 125,536 people
1990 - 1,805 people
2000 - 76,415 people
Transportation
Air
Transportation
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
International Airport - located in Avoca
Bus
Service
- Service from
downtown station to New York City, Philadelphia and other
northeastern cities
Public
Transportation
- County of Lackawanna
Transit System(COLTS) - extensive bus service in the city.
Some limited service to Carbondale,
Daleville, Pittston and Fleetville.
- Taxi service
- Posten Taxi and McCarthy Flowered Cabs
Rail
Transportation
- Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Rail Authority - oversees rail
freight lines in northeastern Pennsylvania
- There is a
plan to bring passenger rail service to the area
- Canadian
Pacific Railway - operates the former DL & W line
- Delaware-Lackawanna
Railroad - operate of county-owned rail lines
- Reading Blue Mountain
and Northern Railroad serves DL
& W Keyser Valley branch on the city
Road
Transportation
- Interstate -
I-81, I-84, I-380, I-476
- US Route - US 6, US 11
Higher
Education
-
Johnson College
-
Keystone College
-
Lackawanna College
-
Marywood University
-
Penn State Worthington
Scranton Campus
-
University of Scranton
For
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