Scranton: Coal, The Office, and the Electric City
Scranton earned the nickname the Electric City in 1886 when America's first successful, continuously operating electrified streetcar system began running on Cedar Avenue. The Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys around the city held some of the richest anthracite coal deposits in North America, and for a century Scranton served as the commercial capital of hard-coal mining. The last major mine closed in the 1960s, but the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour at McDade Park still descends 300 feet into a former shaft.
Dunder Mifflin, the fictional paper company at the center of the American version of The Office, was set in Scranton. The show aired from 2005 to 2013 and turned local landmarks into tourist destinations. The Mall at Steamtown, the Poor Richard's Pub sign, and the welcome sign on Central Scranton Expressway all appear in the opening credits. Steamtown National Historic Site, located on the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad yards, preserves steam locomotives and passenger cars.
Joe Biden was born here in 1942 and lived in Scranton until his family moved to Delaware when he was ten. The University of Scranton, a Jesuit institution founded in 1888, enrolls roughly 4,800 students on a hillside campus near downtown. Marywood and Lackawanna College also operate in the city.
Through Escortservice.com, users can locate escort websites that operate in the Scranton area. The site catalogs. Nothing beyond cataloging is offered, including no bookings, no vetting of advertisers, and no mediation. A 21+ age gate applies to all users of the site.
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Scranton earned the nickname the Electric City in 1886 when America's first successful, continuously operating electrified streetcar system began running on Cedar Avenue. The Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys around the city held some of the richest anthracite coal deposits in North America, and for a century Scranton served as the commercial capital of hard-coal mining. The last major mine closed in the 1960s, but the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour at McDade Park still descends 300 feet into a former shaft.
Dunder Mifflin, the fictional paper company at the center of the American version of The Office, was set in Scranton. The show aired from 2005 to 2013 and turned local landmarks into tourist destinations. The Mall at Steamtown, the Poor Richard's Pub sign, and the welcome sign on Central Scranton Expressway all appear in the opening credits. Steamtown National Historic Site, located on the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad yards, preserves steam locomotives and passenger cars.
Joe Biden was born here in 1942 and lived in Scranton until his family moved to Delaware when he was ten. The University of Scranton, a Jesuit institution founded in 1888, enrolls roughly 4,800 students on a hillside campus near downtown. Marywood and Lackawanna College also operate in the city.
Through Escortservice.com, users can locate escort websites that operate in the Scranton area. The site catalogs. Nothing beyond cataloging is offered, including no bookings, no vetting of advertisers, and no mediation. A 21+ age gate applies to all users of the site.
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