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Scranton is a city in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania and was founded in the late 18th century. It was incorporated as a borough in 1856 and as a city in 1866. Since its inception, it has become a center for mining and railroads even though it was the iron and steel industries that led to its success and growth. The Pennsylvania Coal Company built a gravity railroad in the 1850s in order to move their product to market. The town's growth attracted more settlers, and it grew from an agrarian-based village into an industrial and multicultural city. Scranton was nicknamed “The Electric City” after the first electric (trolley) streetcar system was built in 1886. More electric streetcar companies began to appear, and in 1896, they were consolidated to form the Scranton Railway Company which managed the trolley system until 1954. Today, the city focuses on its history and historic properties and encourages the tourism industry as one of the sources of its economy.