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SCRANTON , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of Lackawanna county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., at the confluence of the Lackawanna See also:river and Roaring See also:Brook, about 162 m. by See also:rail N. by W. of See also:Philadelphia and about 146 m. W.N.W. of New See also:York. Pop. (1890) 75,215; (19o0) 102,026, of whom 28,973 were See also:foreign-See also:born (including 7193 Irish, 4704 Germans, 4621 Welsh and 3692 See also:English) and 521 were negroes; (1910, See also:census) 129,867. Scranton is served by the See also:Erie, the See also:Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, the Central of New See also:Jersey,. the New York, See also:Ontario & Western, the Delaware & See also:Hudson, and the Lackawanna & See also:Wyoming Valley See also:railways. It occupies an See also:area of about 20 sq. m. Among the See also:principal public buildings are the See also:United States See also:Government See also:building, the County See also:Court See also:House, the City See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, the See also:Albright Memorial building, See also:housing the public library (55,800 vols. in 1908), the armoury of the 13th See also:Regiment, See also:State See also:National Guard, the See also:Board of See also:Trade building, some See also:fine churches and school-houses, a See also:Young Men's See also:Christian Association building and a Young See also:Women's Christian Association building. Scranton is the see of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop, has a See also:good public school See also:system, and is the seat of the See also:International See also:Correspondence See also:Schools (1891), which give instruction by See also:mail in the trades and professions to large See also:numbers of students; Mt. St See also:Mary's See also:Seminary (1902) for girls, and the W. T. See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith (Memorial) See also:Manual Training School (1905), a See also:part of the public school system. The city has an See also:Institute of See also:History and See also:Science, and the Everhart Museum of natural history, science and See also:art (dedicated 19o8), founded and endowed by Dr I. F. Everhart (b. 184o) of Scranton, a Soldiers' and Sailors' See also:Monument, and monuments to the memory of See also:Columbus and See also:Washington. Scranton is the largest city in the See also:great See also:anthracite-See also:coal region of the United States; and 17,525,995 See also:long tons of coal were produced within the county in 1905. The See also:chief manufactures are See also:silk goods (21.6% of all in value) and other textiles, but large quantities of foundry and See also:machine-See also:shop products, See also:malt liquors, See also:flour, and planing See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill products are also manufactured. The See also:total value of the city's factory products in 1905 was $20,453,285. The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western rail-way has since built large machine and See also:car shops.
A permanent See also:settlement was established within the See also:present
limits of Scranton in 1788, and a See also:primitive grist-mill, a saw-mill and a See also:charcoal See also:iron-See also:furnace were erected during the next few years; but there was little further development until 1840, when the Lackawanna Iron See also:Company was formed for the manufacture of iron here. The See also:limestone and iron ore of the vicinity proved to be of inferior quality, and the failure of the enterprise was prevented only by the persistent efforts of See also:George Whitefleld Scranton (1811-1861), aided by his See also:brother See also:Selden T. Scranton and his See also:cousin See also:Joseph See also:Hand Scranton. Under the leadership of George W. Scranton better grades of iron ore and of limestone were procured, and within a See also:decade a See also:rolling mill, a See also:nail factory and a manufactory of See also:steel rails were established, and adequate facilities for railway transportation were provided. Scranton was incorporated as a See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in 1854, was chartered as a city of the third class in 1866, and became a city of the second class in 1901.
See B. H. Throop, A See also:Half-See also:Century in Scranton (Scranton, 1895).
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