Wilkesbarre,

Wilkesbarre, capital of Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, on the left bank of the north branch of the Susquehanna (here crossed by a bridge), 18 miles by rail SW. of Scranton. The city, which lies in the picturesque Wyoming Valley (q.v.), is famous for its mines of anthracite coal. It contains a large prison, and manufactures locomotives and railroad-cars, mining machinery and tools, iron castings, ropes, pottery, &c. Pop. (1870) 10,174; (1880) 23,339; (1890) 37,718.