Railroad tower in East Stroudsburg
November 11 , 2014
Near the corner of Lackawanna and Analomink streets in East Stroudsburg stands a strange, small building located just next to the railroad tracks. With a footprint of only about 15 by 21 feet, the tower stands two stories tall. This is the railroad signal tower. With its many windows in the upper floor, the tower provided a man working inside with a clear view of the tracks. The man could also be easily seen from below, but the structure was private, not open to the public, and perhaps there was a bit of a mystery about what the building was for and why the man was working there. Read More...
The Wilkes-Barre & Eastern Railroad
January 01 , 2006
During the late 1800s, anthracite coal was in high demand, and northeastern Pennsylvania boasted the largest concentrations of this natural resource in the entire country. At that time, this relatively clean-burning fossil fuel was used primarily to heat homes and businesses, and the greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre area served as the central hub for coal mining.
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