Scranton, Pennsylvania | Wikipedia audio article
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Scranton, Pennsylvania
00:01:58 1 History
00:02:06 1.1 Pre-industrial (1776–1845)
00:03:26 1.2 Arrival of industry (1846–1899)
00:09:43 1.3 Labor history
00:12:21 1.4 Growth, prosperity and consequences (1900–1945)
00:17:21 1.5 Post-World War II (1946–1984)
00:20:25 1.6 Stabilization and restoration (1985–)
00:22:56 2 Geography
00:24:05 2.1 Climate
00:26:06 2.2 Adjacent municipalities
00:26:15 3 Demographics
00:29:33 4 Public safety
00:29:42 4.1 Fire department
00:30:33 4.2 Police
00:31:19 5 Culture
00:31:27 5.1 Media
00:33:25 5.2 Sports
00:36:45 5.3 Landmarks and attractions
00:40:29 5.4 In popular culture
00:41:26 6 Transportation
00:43:19 6.1 Railroads
00:45:08 7 Education
00:45:17 7.1 Primary and secondary education
00:46:56 7.2 Colleges and universities
00:47:34 7.3 Libraries
00:48:03 8 Notable people
00:48:12 8.1 Government
00:48:20 8.2 Arts
00:48:28 8.3 Sports
00:48:37 8.4 Others
00:48:45 9 Sister cities
00:49:18 10 See also
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Scranton is the sixth-largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County in Northeastern Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley and hosts a federal court building. With a population of 77,291, it is the largest city in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of about 570,000.Scranton is the geographic and cultural center of the Lackawanna River valley, and the largest of the former anthracite coal mining communities in a contiguous quilt-work that also includes Wilkes-Barre, Nanticoke, Pittston, and Carbondale. Scranton was incorporated on February 14, 1856, as a borough in Luzerne County and as a city on April 23, 1866. It became a major industrial city, a center of mining and railroads, and attracted thousands of new immigrants. It was the site of the Scranton General Strike in 1877.
People in northern Luzerne County sought a new county in 1839 but the Wilkes-Barre area resisted losing its assets. Lackawanna County did not gain independent status until 1878. Under legislation allowing the issue to be voted by residents of the proposed territory, voters favored the new county by a proportion of 6 to 1, with Scranton residents providing the major support. The city was designated as the county seat when Lackawanna County was established in 1878, and a judicial district was authorized in 1879.
The city took its first step toward earning its reputation as the Electric City when electric lights were introduced in 1880 at Dickson Locomotive Works. Six years later, the nation's first streetcars powered exclusively by electricity began operating in the city. Rev. David Spencer, a local Baptist minister, later proclaimed Scranton as the Electric City.