Twin Shaft disaster
The Twin Shaft disaster occurred in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Colliery in Pittston, Pennsylvania on June 28, 1896, when a massive cave-in killed fifty-eight miners.
West Wyoming is a borough within Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough is located within the Greater Pittston metro area.
Population: 2,725
Latitude: 41° 19' 11.28" N
Longitude: -75° 50' 45.71" W
The Twin Shaft disaster occurred in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Colliery in Pittston, Pennsylvania on June 28, 1896, when a massive cave-in killed fifty-eight miners.
Exeter is a borough in the Greater Pittston-Wilkes-Barre area of the center-west Wyoming Valley region in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, about 10 miles (16 km) west of Scranton and a few miles northwest of Wilkes-Barre on the opposite …
Pavilion at Montage Mountain Previously known as Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain is an amphitheatre, located in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Lion Brewery, Inc, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States, is one of the oldest breweries still in operation within Pennsylvania.
The Giants Despair Hillclimb is a hillclimb established in 1906 just outside Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in Laurel Run, Pennsylvania, United States. The contest was first run in conjunction with Wilkes-Barre's centennial celebration. It is the oldest…
Wyoming is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Wilkes Barre, on the Susquehanna River. Formerly, coal mining was the chief industry.
Scranton Preparatory School is a Catholic and Jesuit college preparatory day school for boys and girls within the Diocese of Scranton. The current enrollment is 835 students. Prep is fully accredited by the Pennsylvania State Department of Public In…
WSWB is the CW-affiliated television station for Northeastern Pennsylvania, New York's Eastern Southern Tier and parts of Northern New Jersey licensed to Scranton. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 31 from a transmitter n…
Luzerne County Community College, also known as LCCC, is a 2-year community college located in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. LCCC offers over 100 academic, technical, and career programs. It has an open admissions policy for most programs and has over 28…
Laurel Run is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Duryea is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, 9 miles (14 km) south of Scranton situated along the east bank of the Susquehanna, extending up the Lackawanna River from its confluence between the two…
Dallas High School is a public high school located in Dallas, Pennsylvania, United States.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
The Mall at Steamtown is a shopping mall in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It was conceived in the mid-1980s as the keystone of downtown revitalization, though the project was not completed until 1993. Its opening in 1993 was nationally televised on CNN an…
West Pittston is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on the Susquehanna River opposite Pittston.
Montage Mountain is a ski area in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, located 8 miles from downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is located about 125 miles northwest of Philadelphia and New York City. There are 24 trails, 2 terrain parks, and Pennsy…
Scranton High School is an urban high school located in Lackawanna County, Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Scranton School District. It provides education to 1,792 ninth through twelfth grade students in 2010. The high school is accredited…
Penn State Wilkes-Barre is a commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University.