1811 - 1861
George W. Scranton American Business
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| First Name |
George
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| Middle Name |
W.
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| Last Name |
Scranton
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| Birthday |
11th May, 1811
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| Birthplace |
Madison, Connecticut, USA
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| Died |
24th March, 1861
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| Place of Death |
Scranton, Pennsylvania
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| Buried |
Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, USA
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| Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Industrialist
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| Occupation |
Business
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George Whitfield Scranton (May 11, 1811 – March 24, 1861) was an industrialist and politician, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from March 4, 1859, until his death in 1861. Moving to Pennsylvania in the late 1830s to establish an iron furnace, he and his brother Selden T. Scranton are considered among the founders of the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, named for their family. They and two partners established what became known as the Iron & Coal Company. They developed a method of producing T-rails for constructing railroad track, which previously had been imported from England. The innovation led to a boom in production of track and construction of railroads.
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