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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6TH_scrantons-iron-furnace_Scranton-PA.html
BeginningsIn August of 1840 William Henry, Seldon and George Scranton, and Stanford Grant noted abundant outcroppings of coal and iron ore while prospecting in the Nay Aug Ravine. The wealth of raw material prompted them to purchase 503 acres in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6TA_delaware-lackawanna-western-railroad-shops_Scranton-PA.html
In 1907 William Truesdale, president of the DL&W, hired architect Frank J. Niles of New Jersey to replace the original locomotive shops. Niles designed four new structures: A five story pattern shop, a foundry, a blacksmith shop, and a locomotive …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6T9_the-blast-furnaces_Scranton-PA.html
These four stone stacks, built between 1841 and 1854, are the remnants of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company blast furnaces. The area in front was the casting floor. The molten iron was run into sand channels formed in the floor which served as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6SX_rolling-and-puddling_Scranton-PA.html
The Scrantons initially intended to make and market pig iron alone. However, they soon decided to produce a smaller, finished product. In 1844, nail-making machinery was installed and a puddling mill constructed approximately one thousand yards ab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6SW_casting-iron_Scranton-PA.html
The blast furnace was the heart of any iron-making establishment. Lined with heat-resistant brick, known as refractory, the stack was filled from the top with alternating layers of iron ore, anthracite and limestone.
As the raw materials worked…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6ST_supplying-the-blast_Scranton-PA.html
By 1850, the application of steam power to the manufacture of goods was well established. Not only did the steam engine produce sufficient amounts of relatively stable power, but it freed industry from location along waterways. Two double connecte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6SF_city-of-scranton_Scranton-PA.html
Scranton grew from a village into a city through the success of the ironworks, coal mines, and railroads. The Scrantons built a company store and hotel to attract potential workers and customers to the city. More businesses followed. The city's po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6SE_settlement_Scranton-PA.html
In the 1830's, the Lackawanna Valley was largely wilderness. Here at Slocum Hollow there were five dwellings, a saw and grist mill, a school, a cooper's shop, and a hotel.
To house the ironworkers and their families, the Lackawanna Iron and Coa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6SD_the-lackawanna-valley_Scranton-PA.html
The Lackawanna Valley seemed to have all the advantages for an ironworks - raw materials, waterpower, and topography.
"This is a marvelous place. Only two years ago it was a wilderness... But the eye of speculation and improvement was on it, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6S2_making-steel_Scranton-PA.html
In 1875, the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company installed Bessemer Converters in order to convert their pig iron into steel. The steel works was located across Cedar Avenue where the General Dynamics plant now stands.
The Bessemer process involved …