The Pennsylvania Gravity Railroad was a gravity railroad established to ship anthracite coal in Pennsylvania. It was established in 1850 and covered 47 miles to the Delaware and Hudson Canal. It was succeeded by the Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad in 1885. A historical marker commemorates the line.[1][2] Old Gravity Road and the village of Gravity were named for it.[3]

Further reading

  • Pennsylvania Coal Company: Photographs of the Gravity Railroad Near Scranton, 1950

References

  1. ↑ "Pennsylvania Gravity Railroad Historical Marker". ExplorePAHistory.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Gravity Railroad". www.waynehistorypa.org. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ↑ Becker, Peter. "Historian traces Pa. Coal Co. Gravity Railroad". News Eagle - Hawley, PA. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
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