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Because it was the city with the first electric car!

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Q: Why was Scranton called the Electric City?
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Scranton is often called "The Electric City" due to its being the first city to operated electric streetcars (in the late 1800s). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania


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