“When the Fort Jenkins Bridge opened in 1926, spanning the Susquehanna River between Pittston and West Pittston, the Pittston Gazette newspaper called it a “work of art.” The bridge is practically one solid block of more than 20,000 cubic feet of concrete, according to the Gazette. The bridge cost $689,700…
History of the 8th Street Bridge demolition; both articles and photos are included. The website historicbridges.org has all relevant information about the location, structure, type, construction, date, builder, engineer, span, general dimensions, history, and historical significance. It also has photos from different angles and video of crossing the bridge from…
Pittston Area High School Class of 1976 has made a wonderful visual memoriam for classmates. It is public and can be accessed through the links below or viewed in the embedded slideshow of this post. The memoriam contains obituaries, news clippings, and photos for each classmate who have passed. Visitors…
A very interesting article about the laying out of Main Street in Pittston, how Plank Street got it’s name and an explanation of why the curve exists in the road at Panama Street., from the Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader January 10, 1964. Incidentally, the article relies heavily on information supplied by Greater…
Over the next few weeks we will be updating the website and retooling and adding features. We’ll be condensing some information and expanding other portions of the site. Our apologies for any delays, site downtime, or missing items or information during this time. We hope you’ll be excited with the…
Our mission is to discover, collect, study, organize, preserve and display the history of Greater Pittston and to make that history available to the general public, public schools, researchers and historians. We support this mission by engaging in a variety of public educational programs; by organizing, maintaining and displaying artifact collections;…
We are a non-profit organization that relies on the hard work of our volunteers and can only thrive on the generosity of our community. Becoming a sponsor means you’re helping to support the preservation of local history – YOUR history. Many projects have been successful because of this support such…
A look back in time 90 years. Photo of the Senior “Revealer” Staff at Pittston High, 1929-1930 from a Sunday Dispatch April 19, 1970 newsprint article. Mark Skesavage says: My grandfather. Joseph Menn. Far left of back row. I own the original of this picture and all the original photos…
The Greater Pittston Historical Society has suspended all their meetings and featured speakers for the foreseeable future, due to Covid-19, so that people may maintain proper social distancing. Archiving work and social media updates will continue as we can. The society will continue to conduct some of their business, as…
This article starts in the 1800’s and then moves as far as the very early twentieth century. It talks about trenches dug in the area, marine engineers brought in, reservoirs built and holding dams erected. It also mentions several of the water companies. This item is from the digitized Charles…
