Event
Scranton Suburban Electric Railway Ceases Operation
On December 18, 1954, motorman George Miller operated the last run of Scranton’s Green Ridge Suburban trolley …
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Scranton Suburban Electric Railway Ceases Operation
On December 18, 1954, motorman George Miller operated the last run of Scranton’s Green Ridge Suburban trolley line, ending sixty-eight years of electric streetcar service on the route where Pennsylvania’s first electric railway had made its inaugural run.
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First National Bank of Scranton
Chartered in 1863 as one of the earliest institutions organized under the National Banking Act, the First National Bank …
Place
East Mountain
A rugged neighborhood on Moosic Mountain about three miles east of center city, settled first for iron ore in 1841 and …
Event
First Electric Streetcars Begin Operation
On November 30, 1886, Scranton Suburban Railway’s Car No. 4 carried its first paying passengers on a 2.5-mile …