Because it became the first city in U.S. to have streetcars run exclusively on electric power in 1886, what Eastern U.S. city still has the nickname "The Electric City"?

The electric trolley system in Scranton was established in 1886, which resulted in the city being nicknamed "The Electric City". A decade later, all the trolley companies merged to form the Scranton Railway Company. Its trolleys ran until 1954.

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