Category:Nescopeck Creek
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Nescopeck Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in w:Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The westward draining watercourse rises in the town of w:Hazelton, Pennsylvania which sits astride a mountain pass and drainage divide; and the stream's valley gave purchase to the 1805 Lausanne-Nescopeck Turnpike connecting the Susquehanna's and the Lehigh River valleys, today mostly the path of Pennsylvania Route 93 that once connected the Lehigh Valley to the Susquehanna Valley, and allowed connection of Philadelphia to Tioga, New York (and Lake Erie, at Buffalo, NY).
Media in category "Nescopeck Creek"
The following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total.
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Little Nescopeck Creek looking downstream.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 2.93 MB
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Little Nescopeck Creek looking upstream.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 2.96 MB
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Nescopeck Creek from the Pennsylvania Route 339 bridge.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 2.02 MB
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Nescopeck Creek north of Conyngham.JPG 3,005 × 2,232; 2.81 MB
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Nescopeck Creek.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 13.04 MB
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Posted (8423715121).jpg 4,561 × 3,456; 11.84 MB
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Categories:
- Bodies of water in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
- Rivers of Pennsylvania
- Tributaries of the Susquehanna River
- Rivers of the United States by name
- Coal seams in Pennsylvania
- Mauch Chunk Group
- Pocono Formation
- Pottsville Formation
- Llewellyn Formation
- Spechty Kopf Formation
- Hamilton Group (geology)
- Catskill Formation