Waymart in Wayne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Gravity Railroad Depot

Built 1857

— Delaware & Hudson Canal Company —

Gravity Railroad Depot Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 20, 2017

1. Gravity Railroad Depot Marker

Inscription.

1825-1863 Weigh-Mart site was Plane No. 7 on original gravity line
Plane No. 12 & 18 after 1844 renovations.
Coal was stockpiled here during winter months,
weighed and transported to canal after thaw.
Passenger service was initiated in 1877.
Depot operational until 1899. Depot and site purchased by
Waymart Boro in 1900 for use as town hall.

D&H Canal Company
Gravity Railroad Depot
has been placed on the
National Registry
of Historical Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1978

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Railroads & Streetcars • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1844.

Location. 41° 34.85′ N, 75° 24.666′ W. Marker is in Waymart, Pennsylvania, in Wayne County. It is on South Street west of Center Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 123 South Street, Waymart PA 18472, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Waymart Area Veterans Memorial (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); War Memorial (about 600 feet away); Birthplace of Lt. Joseph R. Sarnoski

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(approx. 3½ miles away); Simpson, Lackawanna County, Pa. (approx. 3.9 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.9 miles away); Monkey Run Park (approx. 3.9 miles away); Fell Township War Memorial (approx. 4 miles away); Prompton Dam and Reservoir (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waymart.

Also see . . .
1. D&H Canal. National Park Service website entry (Submitted on February 25, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

2. D&H Canal and Gravity Railroad Conservancy. (Submitted on February 25, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Gravity Railroad Depot NRHP Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 20, 2017

2. Gravity Railroad Depot NRHP Marker

Gravity Railroad Depot and Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 20, 2017

3. Gravity Railroad Depot and Markers

D&H Gravity Railroad Passenger Car image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 20, 2017

4. D&H Gravity Railroad Passenger Car

On display near the depot

Historic Post Relocated to the Gravity Railroad Depot image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 20, 2017

5. Historic Post Relocated to the Gravity Railroad Depot

Credits. This page was last revised on July 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 25, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 684 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 25, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.