1965 Map of Scranton

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Scranton and Wilkes-Barre anchor the coal-rich Wyoming Valley in this mid-1960s perspective of the Mid-Atlantic highlands. The landscape is defined by the heavy infrastructure of the anthracite era, with the Erie Lackawanna RR, Lehigh Valley RR, and Central RR of New Jersey tracing the complex topography of the Moosic Mountains and the Lackawanna River. To the east, the map reveals a shift toward resource management and defense, featuring the massive Ashokan Reservoir and Neversink Reservoir that serve distant urban centers, alongside the Tobyhanna Military Reservation.