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FREELAND, a borough of Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.,
about 20 m. S. of Wilkes-Barre, in the E. part of the state. Pop. (1890)
1730; (1900) 5254 (1339 foreign-born, many being Slavs); (1910) 6197. Freeland
is served by the Lehigh Valley railway and by electric railway to Upper Lehigh
(1 m. distant, served by the Central Railroad of New Jersey) and to other
neighbouring places. The borough is built on Broad Mountain, nearly 2000
ft. above sea-level, and the chief industry is the mining of coal at the
numerous surrounding collieries. Freeland is the seat of the Mining and Mechanical
Institute of the Anthracite Region, chartered in 1894, modelled after the
German Steigerschulen, with elementary and secondary departments
and a night school for workmen. The borough has foundries and machine shops
of considerable importance, and manufactures silk, overalls, beer and hames.
Freeland was first settled about 1842, was laid out in 1870, and was incorporated
in 1876. -- From The Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. 11th ed. Vol. 11, Franciscans to Gibson. New York: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1910. |
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