Electric City Trolley Museum
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.Photo: Peter Van den Bossche, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: transport museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Address: 300 Cliff Avenue, Scranton, PA 18503
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lackawanna Transit Center and The Marketplace at Steamtown.
Lackawanna Transit Center
Bus station
Lackawanna Transit Center is the main bus station and a proposed train station in Scranton, Pennsylvania, operated by the County of Lackawanna Transit System. Lackawanna Transit Center is situated 630 feet northeast of 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. The Marketplace at Steamtown is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Electric City Trolley Museum.
St. Peter’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Cjseliga, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Peter's Cathedral is the Roman Catholic cathedral at 315 Wyoming Avenue in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton. St. Peter’s Cathedral is situated 2,600 feet east of Electric City Trolley Museum.
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 Electric City Trolley Museum.
Electric City Trolley Museum
- Categories: transport museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: City of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.40964° or 41° 24′ 35″ northLongitude
-75.67343° or 75° 40′ 24″ westOpen location code
87H6C85G+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 370373456OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q5357338
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Swedish—“Electric City Trolley Museum” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “エレクトリック・シティ・トロリー・ミュージアム”
- Japanese: “エレクトリック・シティ・トロリー博物館”
- Russian: “Музей городского электрического трамвая”
- Swedish: “Electric City Trolley Museum”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority and Electric City Trolley Station.
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