Roaring Brook
Roaring Brook is a stream in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. Roaring Brook is situated nearby to the hamlet Hyde Park, as well as near the neighborhood Minooka.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Marketplace at Steamtown and Electric City Trolley Museum.
The Marketplace at Steamtown
Shopping center
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Marketplace at Steamtown is a shopping mall in Scranton, Pennsylvania. United States. It was conceived in the mid-1980s as the keystone of downtown revitalization, though the project was not completed until 1993.
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.
Steamtown National Historic Site
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Steamtown National Historic Site is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located on 62.48 acres in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, at the site of the former Scranton yards of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.
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.
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 4½ miles northeast of Roaring Brook.
Roaring Brook
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Roaring Branch Creek” and “Roaring Creek”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.40202° or 41° 24′ 7″ northLongitude
-75.67325° or 75° 40′ 24″ westElevation
659 feet (201 metres)Open location code
87H6C82G+RPGeoNames ID
5208516
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