Biglin Shaft
Biglin Shaft is a quarry in Borough of Dunmore, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. Biglin Shaft is situated nearby to the school building Holy Cross High School, as well as near the village Throop.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Address: PA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holy Cross High School and Dunmore High School.
Holy Cross High School
School building
Holy Cross High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in Dunmore, Pennsylvania. It operates under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton, and is the second largest of four diocesan high schools in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Holy Cross High School is situated 2,400 feet northeast of Biglin Shaft.
Dunmore High School
School building
Dunmore High School is the secondary education, public school for the borough of Dunmore, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Dunmore School District. Dunmore High School is located at 300 West Warren Street. Dunmore High School is situated 3,900 feet north of Biglin Shaft.
Scranton State School for the Deaf
School
Scranton State School for the Deaf was a residential school for the deaf established in 1880 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Its students ranged in age from birth to 21. Scranton State School for the Deaf is situated 1 mile northwest of Biglin Shaft.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunmore and Scranton.
Dunmore
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunmore is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, adjoining Scranton. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania and was settled in 1835 and incorporated in 1862.
Scranton
Photo: Vasiliymeshko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scranton is a city in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is near Wilkes-Barre, and is the seventh most populous city in the state. Today, it is perhaps best known as the setting of the hit TV show "The Office" and the birthplace of Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States.
Throop
Village
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
Throop is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, adjoining Scranton. Formerly, coal mining and silk manufacturing provided employment for the people of Throop, who numbered 2,204 in 1900 and 5,133 in 1910. Throop is situated 2½ miles northeast of Biglin Shaft.
Biglin Shaft
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Borough of Dunmore, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.41786° or 41° 25′ 4″ northLongitude
-75.63074° or 75° 37′ 51″ westElevation
994 feet (303 metres)Open location code
87H6C999+4POpenStreetMap ID
node 368990616OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Biglin Shaft” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Biglin Shaft”
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