Gravity Railroad

Gravity Railroad is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Carbondale, Lackawanna County, dedicated 1999.

97 N Main St. (Rt. 6), at entrance to Gravity Park, Carbondale

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Here began one of the first railroads in the Western Hemisphere, built 1828-1829. The line had its eastern terminus at Honesdale; its southwestern terminus was later extended to Archbald & ultimately to Valley Junction near Olyphant. Built by the Delaware & Hudson to move coal to the D & H Canal, this line eventually provided passenger service and operated until the beginning of 1899.

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Historical maps covering this location

1823 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Map Of Pennsylvania And New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1828 · New York (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Pennsylvania, 1827, covering the location of Gravity Railroad, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1827, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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