Lake Scranton is an American reservoir that is located in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, It has a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) running track which surrounds it.[2]

It is owned by the Pennsylvania American Water Company, which supplies the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania with drinking water.

History and features

This reservoir, which was formed by a dam built by William Walker Scranton in 1898, was called the "Burned Bridge Reservoir." More commonly referred to by local residents as "Lake Scranton,"[3][4] it borders East Mountain in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Lake Scranton is mentioned in two episodes of The Office: "Beach Games" and "Dunder Mifflin Infinity", where Michael Scott drives his rental Ford Taurus into it. The "Beach Games" episode was shot at a fake beach near Hansen Dam, California.

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Scranton
  2. ^ "Lake Scranton Route 307, Scranton, PA 18505".
  3. ^ Cheryl A. Kashuba, Darlene Miller-Lanning, Alan (2005). Scranton. Arcadia. ISBN 9780738538594.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Lake Scranton".

4. The Office s03e22

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