Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Avenue, Cedar Avenue, River Street & Seventh Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA
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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Tags
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
Date
1969 - 1980
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
Location
Scranton (Pa.)
,
41.42379, -75.66016
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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