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Page 304
... Industry and Labor . Building construction is sec- ond only to oil and natural gas production in industrial importance . It is an offshoot of the oil and gas industry , which both creates the market and supplies the funds for ...
... Industry and Labor . Building construction is sec- ond only to oil and natural gas production in industrial importance . It is an offshoot of the oil and gas industry , which both creates the market and supplies the funds for ...
Page 411
... industry employs almost 10,000 men and 2,750 vessels . Traditional Industries . Coal mining , iron and steel manufacturing , papermaking , shipbuilding , textiles - particularly jute spinning and weaving- and whisky distilling have ...
... industry employs almost 10,000 men and 2,750 vessels . Traditional Industries . Coal mining , iron and steel manufacturing , papermaking , shipbuilding , textiles - particularly jute spinning and weaving- and whisky distilling have ...
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... industry , which earned the city the name of " the Anthracite Capital of the World . " By 1920 , however , the coal industry had waned , and after World War II the city quickly grew into the industrial center it is today . Scranton has ...
... industry , which earned the city the name of " the Anthracite Capital of the World . " By 1920 , however , the coal industry had waned , and after World War II the city quickly grew into the industrial center it is today . Scranton has ...
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