Cayuga Shaft

Cayuga Shaft is a quarry in City of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. Cayuga Shaft is situated nearby to Penn Foster High School, as well as near the hamlet Chinchilla.

Type: Quarry
Description: mine in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Address: PA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Penn Foster High School and Weston Field.

Penn Foster High School

School

Penn Foster is a private online education provider based in the United States, offering high school, career training, and college-level programs. The organization originated as the International Correspondence Schools, founded in 1890 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Penn Foster High School is situated 1,900 feet north of Cayuga Shaft.

Weston Field

Park

Weston Field is a community sports facility in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States, built in about 1916 and named for Charles Weston. Weston Field is situated 1¼ miles south of Cayuga Shaft.

Viewmont Mall

Shopping center

Viewmont Mall is a shopping mall located in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is anchored by JCPenney, Macy's, Dick's House of Sport, and HomeGoods. Viewmont Mall is situated 1½ miles northeast of Cayuga Shaft.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scranton and Chinchilla.

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.

Chinchilla

Hamlet

Chinchilla is a village and census-designated place in Scott and South Abington townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The CDP's population was 2,098 at the time of the 2010 United States Census. Chinchilla is situated 2½ miles north of Cayuga Shaft.

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.

Cayuga Shaft

Categories: mine and industry
Location: City of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.44175° or 41° 26′ 30″ north

Longitude

-75.66964° or 75° 40′ 11″ west

Elevation

879 feet (268 metres)

Open location code

87H6C8RJ+M4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368990723

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5183482

Wikidata ID

Q49403937

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In Other Languages

“Cayuga Shaft” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Cayuga Shaft”

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