The Iron Steps
Donald Serfass, author of “The Iron Steps: Illustrated History of Tamaqua, Pennsylvania” provides a historical sketch explaining how topography guided the development of Tamaqua. The Iron Steps, he observes, “enabled people to get to their work and then get back home. And then, maybe in the evening, come back down… into the downtown for entertainment.” […]
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Carriage Street Stairway
Kathy Kunkle explains how a new South Ward stairway from Spruce Street to Nescopec Street came back into being almost 30 years after the former stairway became so dangerous it had to be removed.
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