William Walker Scranton
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William Walker Scranton was an American businessman based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He became president and manager of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company after his father's death in 1872. The compa
William Walker Scranton
George W. Scranton
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George Whitfield Scranton was an American industrialist and politician, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from March 4, 1859, until his death in 1861. Moving t
William Walker Scranton
…president and manager of the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company after his father's death in 1872. The company had been founded by his father's cousin George W. Scranton. Among his innovations, Scranton adopted the Bessemer process for his operations in 1876, greatly increasing production of steel ties with a new mill…
George W. Scranton
Skyline of downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, named for George W. Scranton and his family