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'''Scranton''' is a city in [[Pennsylvania]].  It was once a major center of the [[anthracite]] [[mining]] and [[textile]] industries and was the first U.S. city with an electrified [[streetcar]] system.  The nickname is "The Electric City".  Scranton's population peaked in the 1930 [[census]] and has been falling since.  Anthracite mining ceased in the city after the 1959 Knox Mine Disaster.
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'''Scranton''' is a city in [[Pennsylvania]].  It was once a major center of the [[anthracite]] [[mining]] and [[textile]] industries and was the first U.S. city with an electrified [[streetcar]] system.  The nickname is "The Electric City".  Once a major U.S. city, Scranton's population peaked in the 1930 [[census]] and has been falling since.  Anthracite mining ceased in the city after the 1959 Knox Mine Disaster.  Scranton is home to the National Park Service's [[Steamtown National Historic Site]] at the site of the old Lackawanna [[railway]] yards.
    
[[Category: United States Towns and Cities]]
 
[[Category: United States Towns and Cities]]
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