An explosion at Oliver Powder Mills in Laurel Run on Wilkes-Barre Mountain was heard from Nanticoke to Pittston on Aug. 4, 1904. A father was killed while his son and two girls were injured in the ...

HOLLENBACK TWP. – Ron Hall led hikers down a gorge and spent two hours pointing out ruins of a gunpowder mill along the Big Wapwallopen Creek before he paused and asked the men in his group to remove ...

SALISBURY — It was U.S. Patent No. 2,628,465, and it changed the life of Ralph Penley Sr. “It’s a mechanical marvel, what he did,” grandson Bill Penley says today. Back in the early 1950s, Ralph ...

Milling machines, also known as cold planers, complete the same task today as they did 30 years ago, but they have seen several innovations over the years and are continuing to evolve. It was actually ...

Modern milling machines look much the same as they did 30 years ago. However, they now must cut superalloys, titanium, and high-tensile steels to closer tolerances and at faster rates than before. To ...