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| The Starrucca Viaduct is a railroad bridge built of Pennsylvania bluestone
in 1847-48 in the village of Lanesboro. Listed as a national civil engineering landmark, the bridge
is 1,040 feet long, 100 feet at its highest point and is 25 feet wide at the top. The viaduct remains
in use today. For further information about the viaduct call the Susquehanna County Historical Society
in Montrose, PA at 570-278-1881 or email: suspulib@epix.net. |
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| Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Miners Memorial - William Penn Apts.,
South Main Street, Forest City. This bronze tableau was erected in 1996 in honor of Anthracite
Coal Miners and their families.
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Martin's Creek Viaduct Route 11, between Hop Bottom and Kingsley.
Could they do it? Engineers proposing to use concrete to build the massive Tunkhannock Creek viaduct,
located further south on Rt. 11, used their experience in building the Martin's Creek Viaduct just south
of Kingsley to fine-tune concrete construction techniques.
Read about these viaducts in Bridges to the Future |
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| Mormon Monument Off Rt. 171 between Great Bend and Susquehanna in
Oakland Township, this monument overlooks the Susquehanna River where Joseph Smith and Olivery Cowdery
received baptism. See a picture of the monument. |
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