Coal was moved by a unique gravity railroad from the mines to Honesdale where it was transferred to barges and transported via a 108-mile canal to Kingston, New York, then shipped by river barges down the Hudson River to New York City. D&H transported anthracite coal from mines near Carbondale to New York City via Honesdale and Kingston, NY. The Stourbridge Lion was regrettably considered too heavy for further use. A working full-sized model of the Lion was built in 1932 for the Chicago Century of Progress and is currently on display at the Wayne County Historical Society in Honesdale. It ran three miles to Seelyville and returned. On August 8, 1829, with engineer Horatio Allen at the throttle, a locomotive purchased from England and called the “Stourbridge Lion” became the first locomotive to turn a wheel on a commercial track in the western hemisphere. Climb aboard the train at the Honesdale station at 3:00 pm as we depart for our trackside grove for a beer & spirits tasting event. It was incorporated as a borough on January 28, 1831. It was laid out as a village in 1826 when the D&H Canal was created. It was used to carry coal from the coal fields to the market in New York City, New York. Honesdale was re-named for Philip Hone in 1829, the first president of the D&H Canal Company and former Mayor of New York City. Honesdale, originally known as “Dyberry Forks,” was the terminus of the D&H Canal which ran 108 miles to Rondout, New York.
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