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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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6S0_scranton-iron-furnaces_Scranton-PA.html
(Left Panel):Scranton was founded as an ironmaking community. In the late 1830's, the natural resources of the Lackawanna Valley attracted William Henry, the Scrantons, the Platts, and their associates. Nearby they found coal, waterpower, limeston…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6RW_lackawanna-iron_Scranton-PA.html
Iron was forged in Slocum Hollow by 1797. Nearby are remains of Lackawanna Iron Co. works begun 1840 by Scranton and associates. Iron rails for the Erie R.R. were made here, 1847. Steel-making begun in 1875. Closed in 1902.