Carbondale in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Gravity Park

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 28, 2015

1. Gravity Park Marker

Inscription. Between 1829 and 1898, this was the site of Plane No. 1 on the roadbed of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company’s Gravity Railroad. The “Gravity” used a series of inclined planes and steam engines to pull carloads of coal to the top of Moosic Mountain and back down to Honesdale. The monument in the park was erected in 1913. Source: Carbondale Historical Society.

Erected by Lackawanna Heritage Valley.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical year for this entry is 1829.

Location. 41° 34.516′ N, 75° 29.901′ W. Marker is in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County. It is at the intersection of Canaan Street (Business U.S. 6) and Belmont Street on Canaan Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Carbondale PA 18407, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Wyoming Valley

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. 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 walking distance of this marker: Gravity Railroad Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Gravity Park and the Gravity Railroad Historic Site (within shouting distance of this marker); Gravity Railroad (within shouting distance of this marker); Delaware & Hudson Canal Company Office Building (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Faith and Family: Houses of Worship

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(approx. ¼ mile away); Church Street: Five of Carbondale’s many historic Churches (approx. 0.3 miles away); General Jerome F. O’Malley (approx. 0.3 miles away); Col. Alvin D. Ungerleider (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Carbondale.

Gravity Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 28, 2015

2. Gravity Park

Gravity Park Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 28, 2015

3. Gravity Park Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 2, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 700 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 2, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.