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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 356 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARCHBALD  , a

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borough of Lackawanna
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county,
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Pennsylvania, U.S.A., in the N.E.
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part of the
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state, 10 m . N.E. of
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Scranton . Pop . (189o) 4032; (1900) 5396; (1869
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foreign-
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born); (191o) 7194 . It is served by the
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Delaware &
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Hudson, and the New
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York,
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Ontario & Western
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railways, and by an interurban electric
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line . It is about 900 ft. above
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sea-level; in the vicinity are extensive deposits of
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anthracite
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coal, the
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mining and breaking of which is the
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principal
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industry;
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silk throwing and
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weaving is another industry of the borough . At Archbald is a large glacial " pot hole," about 20 ft. in
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diameter and 40 ft. in
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depth .
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Arch-bald, named in
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honour of
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James Archbald, formerly
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chief engineer of the Delaware & Hudson railway, was a part of Blakely township (incorporated in 1818) until 1877, when it became a borough .

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