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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Avenue, Cedar Avenue, River Street & Seventh Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

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Summary

Significance: The Scranton yards of the D,L & W Railroad are representative of twentieth-century steam-era facilities. Many structures remain from the administration of D,L & W President William H. Truesdale, 1899-1925, and reflect his ambitious modernization program of that period.

Survey number: HAER PA-132

Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1976

Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1949

Building/structure dates: after. 1960- before. 1970

Building/structure dates: 1976

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railroad shops and yards scranton pa delaware lackawanna western railroad western railroad scranton yards scranton yards lackawanna avenue cedar cedar avenue river street seventh avenue lackawanna county pennsylvania delaware lackawanna western railroad railroad companies consolidated rail corporation conrail tomas delahunty eric delony erie railroad stephanie gelb mark harrell historic american engineering record amy slaton samuel sloan michael south steamtown national historic site kathryn steen william h truesdale martha tuzson photo ultra high resolution high resolution delaware river library of congress
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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Steamtown National Historic Site
Truesdale, William H
Erie Railroad
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)
Sloan, Samuel
Gelb, Stephanie, field team
Slaton, Amy, field team
Steen, Kathryn, field team
Delahunty, Tomas, field team
South, Michael, field team
Tuzson, Martha, field team
Delony, Eric, project manager
Slaton, Amy, historian
Steen, Kathryn, historian
Gelb, Stephanie, delineator
Harrell, Mark, photographer
place

Location

Scranton (Pa.) ,  41.42379, -75.66016
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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railroad shops and yards scranton pa delaware lackawanna western railroad western railroad scranton yards scranton yards lackawanna avenue cedar cedar avenue river street seventh avenue lackawanna county pennsylvania delaware lackawanna western railroad railroad companies consolidated rail corporation conrail tomas delahunty eric delony erie railroad stephanie gelb mark harrell historic american engineering record amy slaton samuel sloan michael south steamtown national historic site kathryn steen william h truesdale martha tuzson photo ultra high resolution high resolution delaware river library of congress