Nicholson Bridge Centennial Celebration

March 18, 2015

PRESS RELEASE: Centennial Celebration Planned for World’s Largest Reinforced Concrete Railroad Bridge NICHOLSON, PA – Mark your calendars! On September 11-12-13, 2015, the community of Nicholson will celebrate the centennial of the Nicholson Bridge, also known as the Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct or the Tunkhannock Viaduct. Built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W), construction on…

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2014 WCHS Open House

May 3, 2014

Download a PDF: 2014 Open House Wyoming County Historical Society 23rd Annual Open House Sunday, May 18, 2014, 1:00–4:00 p.m. Featuring: Photographs of “Building of Tunkhannock Viaduct, Nicholson (1912–1915” by Geist and “Vosburg Tunnel Flood (1936)” Original charter for the formation of Wyoming County, April 4, 1842 Execution Warrant for Francis Basler, guilty of murdering Robert…

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