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Lackawanna, city, United States

Lackawanna (lăkəwä`nə), city (1990 pop. 20,585), Erie co., W N.Y., on Lake Erie; inc. 1909. Formerly a major steel-making center, Lackawanna experienced the rapid and total decline of its foremost industry in the 1970s and 80s. Abrasives, chemicals, and concrete are produced there. A distinguished city landmark is the elaborate Basilica of Our Lady of Victory, a Roman Catholic shrine.

Lackawanna, river, United States

Lackawanna, river, 35 mi (56 km) long, rising in NE Pa. and flowing southwest to join the Susquehanna River near Pittston. It crosses the chief anthracite-coal region of the state, passing the cities of Scranton, Dunmore, Dickson City, and Carbondale.


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At their rolling mill in Lackawana, they would roll three bars from an ingot, and we would put the bar-coded metal tags on each one.
Inside are pictures of animal skulls by Penn, Marilyn Monroe's last nude session and smoke billowing from a steel plant in Lackawana, N.
City of Lackawana, parents of children with disabilities attending parochial schools argued that the specid education services for their children were provided so far from their schools that the children missed a substantial amount of class time while they were being transported back and forth.
 
 
 
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