Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway
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wilkes-barre-and-hazleton-railway-170-10369655
title:
Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway
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The Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railway was an electric railway in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania connecting the cities of Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton. It operated from 1903 to 1933 using a third rail and had no grade crossings. It was approximately thirty miles long and had one tunnel between Warrior Run and Nuangola through Penobscot Knob which Interstate 81 now crosses. Prominent Hazleton banker and coal-mine owner Alvan Markle obtained a railway-company charter in 1892 and the Wilkes-Barre & Hazle
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes-Barre_and_Hazleton_Railway
date created:
2012-01-05T20:44:11Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T00:07:32Z
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