1893 Map of Scranton

About this map

Scranton serves as the industrial core of this late-nineteenth-century survey, surrounded by a dense network of coal-patch towns and boroughs such as Olyphant, Dunmore, and Hyde Park. The landscape is defined by the narrow Lackawanna River valley, which acts as a conduit for an incredible concentration of rail infrastructure. Major lines including the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad and the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. R. R. hug the valley floor, serving the anthracite region's booming extraction economy. Beyond the industrial valley, the terrain rises sharply into the Moosic Mountains and toward Bald Mountain. To the southeast, the map shows more dispersed settlements like Moscow and Daleville along Roaring Brook, illustrating the transition from the high-density urban corridor to the more rural uplands of Lackawanna County.