City Bridges
by Christina Verdgeline
Title
City Bridges
Artist
Christina Verdgeline
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This is one of the many photographs of the city of Wilkes-Barre, PA, from the Susquehanna River. There’s enough greenery, to complement the man-made structures of the downtown which is nestled in the Wyoming Valley of NEPA (NorthEast Pennsylvania). You see the Luzerne County courthouse dome beyond the railroad bridge and River St bridge beyond. The coal industry helped this region, and now there are 2 university campuses downtown. A beautiful Spring day!
(Wikipedia) Wilkes-Barre and the surrounding Wyoming Valley are framed by the Pocono Mountains to the east, the Endless Mountains to the west, and the Lehigh Valley to the south. The Susquehanna River flows through the center of the valley and defines the northwestern border of the city. Wilkes-Barre was founded in 1769 and formally incorporated in 1806. The city grew rapidly in the 19th century after the discovery of nearby coal reserves and the arrival of hundreds of thousands of immigrants to work as miners. The coal fueled industrialization in the city, which reached the height of its prosperity in the first half of the 20th century. Its population peaked at more than 86,000. Following World War II, the city's economy declined with industrial restructuring. The Knox Mine disaster accelerated this trend after large portions of the area's coal mines were flooded. Today the city has a population of 41,498, making it the 13th-largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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June 29th, 2016
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