Item 221: Photograph of View of Nanticoke Dam, from Garringers Hill below Wilkes-Barre, View of the Susquehanna, artist unknown, no date

Item — Box: 22, Folder: 44

Staff Only

Photograph of View of Nanticoke Dam, from Garringers Hill below Wilkes-Barre, View of the Susquehanna, artist unknown, no date

Dates

Created: no date

Disclaimer for Name and Subject Authorities

Some of the name and subject authority tags have been assigned by educated guessing and estimation of persons and subjects by region, age, profession, and familial relationships. They have been thoroughly researched by using primary and secondary sources available digitally, and named in each description, or in some cases linked directly to the person tag.

Access:

All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Photograph

Condition Note:

Good.

Measurements:

11 x 8.5

Description:

This is a photograph of a painting of the View of Nanticoke Dam from Garringer’s Hill, on the back of the photograph in pencil there’s handwriting that says, “View of Nanticoke Dam from Garringers Hill below Wilkes-Barre” and other annotations regarding the size of the photograph. Nanticoke is divided into Honey Pot and Hanover and was once a very active coal mining community. The name of this city is derived from the Native American Nentego or “tidewater people.” These people spoke Algonquin and were forced to move into this area after their Chesapeake Bay homelands were overtaken by European settlers. The Susquehanna River is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and covers much of Pennsylvania. It stretches 444 miles long, making it the longest river on the East Coast, and the 16th largest river in the United States. The river is made up of two main branches including the North Branch and the West Branch. The river drains 27,500 square miles that includes much of Pennsylvania. The river empties into the northern part of the Chesapeake Bay.