1958 – Railroad Street changes to Columbus Avenue thanks to a nearly unanimous petition of Railroad Street residents. To this day, many Pittston residents say, “it’ll always be Railroad Street to me.”.
110 years ago on this day, Luzerne County was in the same position it is now with the condition of the bridge connecting Water Street to Luzerne Ave in West Pittston.
Something you typically don’t see everyday – locomotive falls through the street! Cornelia Street in Pittston behind the Glennon Brewery (later site of Detato’s and then Insalaco Supermarket). January 22, 1914.
“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…
