Continental Shaft
Continental Shaft is a quarry in Borough of Taylor, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. Continental Shaft is situated nearby to the museum Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour, as well as near McDade Park.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Address: PA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour and McDade Park.
Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour
Museum
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lackawanna Coal Mine is a museum and retired coal mine that is located in McDade Park in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It opened in 1903. Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Continental Shaft.
McDade Park
Park
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
McDade Park is a community park located in Scranton in Lackawanna County, in northeastern Pennsylvania. It is named after former U.S. Representative Joseph M. McDade Park is situated 2,000 feet north of Continental 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 1¼ miles east of Continental Shaft.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scranton and Milwaukee.
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.
Milwaukee
Hamlet
Milwaukee is an unincorporated community in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. Milwaukee is situated 3½ miles west of Continental 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.
Continental Shaft
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Borough of Taylor, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.41258° or 41° 24′ 45″ northLongitude
-75.7113° or 75° 42′ 41″ westElevation
906 feet (276 metres)Open location code
87H6C77Q+2FOpenStreetMap ID
node 368990654OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Continental Shaft” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Continental Shaft (minahan)”
- Cebuano: “Continental Shaft”
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