Central Shaft
Central Shaft is a quarry in City of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. Central Shaft is situated nearby to West Scranton High School.| 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 Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann and West Scranton High School.
Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann
Church
The Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann is a Minor Basilica and National Shrine of the Catholic Church located in Scranton, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Scranton. Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann is situated 3,300 feet south of Central Shaft.
West Scranton High School
School
West Scranton High School, is a community-based school in the west side neighborhood of Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest schools in the area, having opened to the public in 1935, first as a junior high facility and later as a high school. West Scranton High School is situated 1,900 feet east of Central Shaft.
Electric City Trolley Museum
Museum
Photo: Peter Van den Bossche, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Electric City Trolley Museum is a transport museum located in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, next to the Steamtown National Historic Site. The museum displays and operates restored trolleys and interurbans on former lines of the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad, which are now owned by the government of Lackawanna County and operated by the Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad. Electric City Trolley Museum is situated 1 mile east of Central Shaft.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scranton and Dunmore.
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.
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.
Milwaukee
Hamlet
Milwaukee is an unincorporated community in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. Milwaukee is situated 4½ miles west of Central Shaft.
Central Shaft
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: City of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.41119° or 41° 24′ 40″ northLongitude
-75.69464° or 75° 41′ 41″ westElevation
817 feet (249 metres)Open location code
87H6C864+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 368990695OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Central Shaft” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Central Shaft”
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