Steamtown National Historic Site

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Address:150 S Washington Ave
Scranton, PA 18503
Phone:570-340-5200
Fax:570-340-5328
Phone:888-693-9391
Web: www.nps.gov/stea/
Size: 62.5 acres.
Established: Authorized on October 30, 1986.
Location:In downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, at the intersection of Lackawanna and Cliff avenues. Accessible from the north and south via I-81, from the east via I-84 and I-380, and from the west via I-80.
Facilities:Visitor center (é), museum/exhibit (é).
Activities:Ranger-led tours, living history programs, passenger railroad excursions (seasonal).
Special Features:The former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad yard -- including the remains of the historic roundhouse, switchyard, and associated buildings -- and a collection of steam locomotives and railroad cars preserve and interpret the story of early 20th-century steam railroading in America.

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Few students of the park system believe that Steamtown National Historic Site in Pennsylvania is of national significance or can ever be made so.

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In fact, economics was the key reason for creating Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a project NPCA vigorously opposed.

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