North Main St. Pittston PA. Circa 1907 Pittston is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. The city gained prominence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as an active anthracite coal mining city, drawing a large portion of its labor force from European immigrants.   Named after the famous British statesman William Pitt the Elder, Pittston is located within Pennsylvania’s Coal mining anthracite coal, Pittston was home to many industries in the 19th and 20th centuries, including metals, plastics, paper products

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