Wilkes-Barre
Susquehanna River coal town
Wilkes-Barre is a city in northeastern Pennsylvania, situated along the Susquehanna River in the Wyoming Valley.
Once a major anthracite coal mining center, it declined with the industry but remains the seat of Luzerne County.
The name honors two British parliamentarians who supported American colonial rights.
Locals pronounce it various ways, most commonly "WILKS-berry."
Highest-grade coal variety
- minersOre extractors
- mine fireCombustion in excavation
- collieryCoal extraction site
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
underground · black lung · company town · subsidence · coal baron · hard coal
Central business district
- boroughAdministrative town or district
- municipalityLocal governing district
- mayorElected head of municipality
- urban renewalRevitalizing decayed city areas
civic center · infrastructure · riverfront · streetscape · neighborhood · redevelopment · flood wall · intermodal
Creating an organization originally
- industrial declineShrinking of manufacturing activity
- railroadsTrain transportation systems
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- IrishOf the Emerald Isle
Welsh · Slovak · Polish · Lithuanian · Italian · labor movement · textile mills · Victorian architecture
City in northeastern Pennsylvania
- Susquehanna RiverEastern watershed's main artery
- PoconosPennsylvania mountain resort region
- KingstonCaribbean nation's capital
- PlainsNamed flat regions
anthracite
Highest-grade coal variety
shaft · underground · black lung · company town · subsidence · coal baron · hard coal
downtown
Central business district
- boroughAdministrative town or district
- municipalityLocal governing district
- mayorElected head of municipality
urban renewal · civic center · infrastructure · riverfront · streetscape · neighborhood · redevelopment · flood wall · intermodal
founding
Creating an organization originally
- industrial declineShrinking of manufacturing activity
- railroadsTrain transportation systems
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
Irish · Welsh · Slovak · Polish · Lithuanian · Italian · labor movement · textile mills · Victorian architecture · revitalization
Scranton
City in northeastern Pennsylvania
- Susquehanna RiverEastern watershed's main artery
- PoconosPennsylvania mountain resort region
- KingstonCaribbean nation's capital
Wilkes-BarreSilicon Valley
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