Pennsylvania's Concrete City Housed Miners for 6 Years Before Everyone Left mining housing, concrete city Nanticoke, failed company towns Pennsylvania, mining history Concrete City was built in Nanticoke in 1911 as a revolutionary concrete housing development for coal miners with modern amenities. Miners hated the cold, echo-filled concrete homes and the company abandoned the project after just 6 years in 1917, leaving the buildings to decay. #pennsylvania #concretecity #abandonedplaces #miningh
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Pennsylvania's Concrete City Housed Miners for 6 Years Before Everyone Left mining housing, concrete city Nanticoke, failed company towns Pennsylvania, mining history Concrete City was built in Nanticoke in 1911 as a revolutionary concrete housing development for coal miners with modern amenities. Miners hated the cold, echo-filled concrete homes and the company abandoned the project after just 6 years in 1917, leaving the buildings to decay. #pennsylvania #concretecity #abandonedplaces #miningh
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A chance to tour 300 ft underground? Don't "mine" if I do! The Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour in Scranton will give you a one-of-a-kind experience as you learn the history of hard coal mining! ⛏️ #VisitLackawannaPA Go down in history! 👉 bit.ly/Coal-Mine-Tour #lackawannacoalmine #mcdadepark #scranton #lackawannahistory | Lackawanna County Visitors Bureau
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A chance to tour 300 ft underground? Don't "mine" if I do! The Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour in Scranton will give you a one-of-a-kind experience as you learn the history of hard coal mining! ⛏️ #VisitLackawannaPA Go down in history! 👉 bit.ly/Coal-Mine-Tour #lackawannacoalmine #mcdadepark #scranton #lackawannahistory | Lackawanna County Visitors Bureau
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Bailey Mine in Southwest Pennsylvania is the largest producing underground coal mine in North America and one of the suppliers for Detroit Edison. From the Green Frog Productions show "Detroit Edison Coal Trains, Coal to Kilowatts" https://rfd.video/DetEdison | Railfan Depot
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Bailey Mine in Southwest Pennsylvania is the largest producing underground coal mine in North America and one of the suppliers for Detroit Edison. From the Green Frog Productions show "Detroit Edison Coal Trains, Coal to Kilowatts" https://rfd.video/DetEdison | Railfan Depot
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A drive into Scranton, PA — shaped by coal, railroads, and the early days of electricity, and still carrying that history forward. #ScrantonPa #lackawannacounty #ExplorePa #Driving #TravelPa | Barclay Mountain Co.
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See history come alive with the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour in Scranton! Board the mine car and journey 300 feet below the surface to experience this award-winning underground attraction that is open from April through November. ⛏️ #DiscoverNEPA | DiscoverNEPA
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🚗 Scranton, Pennsylvania Welcome to the Electric City — where coal country roots, railroad history, and gritty Pennsylvania pride run deep. From old brick streets and towering churches to rail yards and historic factories, Scranton carries the echoes of a time when steam, steel, and hardworking hands powered America. A city built by industry, strengthened by its people, and still glowing with that unmistakable Pennsylvania character ✨ #ScrantonPA #ElectricCity #LackawannaCounty #NEPA #Pennsylva
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Would you like to explore a real coal mine? 🪨⛏️ 📌Save this post for your next visit to Lackawanna County, PA. The Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour is a National Award-Winning Attraction in Scranton, PA. Travel back in time and 300 feet beneath the earth to learn about life working in an anthracite coal mine. 🗓️ Season : Open April 1-November 30 🕐Hours: Friday-Monday 10 am-3 pm Last tour is 3 pm. 📍Address: Bald Mountain Rd, McDade Park, Scranton, PA 🚗Free on-site parking. ♿️Mine is handicapped acc
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The undulating ground beneath Northeast Pennsylvania tells a story. Underground miners chipped away at anthracite coal while strip miners shredded the earth's surface to meet the economic demand of an industrializing nation for more than 100 years. The Lackawanna River carried the burden of the coal industry's waste. Although the last mines closed in the early 1960s, deposits of iron and magnesium - apparent as bright orange stains - still smear the Lackawanna's shores to this day. Tune into thi
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