Green Sand Drying Tower
Green Sand Drying Tower is a building in City of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. Green Sand Drying Tower is situated nearby to the ruins Mine Storage Building foundation, as well as near the shopping center The Marketplace at Steamtown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Marketplace at Steamtown and Steamtown National Historic Site.
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 550 feet northeast of Green Sand Drying Tower.
Steamtown National Historic Site
Protected area
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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.
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 1,600 feet northwest of Green Sand Drying Tower.
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 Green Sand Drying Tower.
Green Sand Drying Tower
- Type: Building
- Category: historic site
- Location: City of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.40665° or 41° 24′ 24″ northLongitude
-75.6692° or 75° 40′ 9″ westOpen location code
87H6C84J+M8OpenStreetMap ID
way 445922019OpenStreetMap feature
building=storage_tankOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=storage_tank
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