1799 - Tamaqua settled by Burkhardt Moser
1817 - Anthracite coal discovered at Greenwood
1832 - Tamaqua incorporated as borough
1850 - Floods ravage borough
1874 - Train Station constructed
1917 - Peak production of anthracite coal in America
1954 - Lehigh Coal & Navigation closed No. 14 colliery
1955 - Tamaqua ravaged by flood (Hurricane Diane)
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