1946 Map of Avoca

About this map

Industrial infrastructure and the growing Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Airport anchor this mid-century survey of the coal country at the Luzerne and Lackawanna county line. The Lackawanna River corridor is densely packed with transit and heavy industry, featuring the Consolidated Breaker and Jermyn Breaker alongside complex rail junctions for the Erie RR and Delaware and Hudson RR. Residential clusters like Old Forge, Moosic, and Duryea are interspersed with numerous community landmarks, including the Old Forge Cem and Roosevelt Sch. To the east, the landscape shifts abruptly into the high elevations of the Moosic Mountains, where the drainage of Spring Brook and Nesbitt Reservoir dominates the terrain. This map captures the valley just as the N E Extn PA Turnpike began to bisect the rugged eastern ridges, signaling a transition from the rail-dominated coal era toward modern highway connectivity.