Last updated: December 6, 2016. Don Ball Jr., had taken over direction of Steamtown by this time and discovered that the excursion train did not meet federal safety guidelines. [3][4], Most of the steam locomotives and other railroad equipment at Steamtown NHS were originally collected by F. Nelson Blount, a millionaire seafood processor from New England. "[5] The director of Steamtown, Roger G. Kennedy, said, "those who concentrated on the pork-barrel politics of the development of the park were ignorant of the history. Scranton, PA Note that other than the museum complex, other park buildings are not open to the general public except via park scheduled tours or by pre-arranged appointment. Congressional authorizing committees, which are charged with setting policy and reviewing such proposals, were bypassed, and the Park Service did not conduct its customary two-year review of proposed new parks. [6] The idea was derided by those who called the collection second-rate, the site's historical significance questionable, and the public funding no more than pork-barrel politics. Bird's-eye view.
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Aside from providing concise histories of the equipment, the report also made recommendations as to whether or not each piece belonged in the now government-funded collection. It is a significant part of America's past before the welder's torch is turned on the likes of the 1877 'Prince of Liege', the rare Union Pacific diamond stack, etc.
Steamtown NHS offers a variety of demonstrations, tours, and excursions that demonstrate how railroads functioned in the age of steam. Includes text, index of facilities, and col. ill. How Would Your Community Like a Big Tourist Attraction? Contact the Park. The steel alone is worth $3 million."[23]. "*GPO: 1996--404-952/40024." [36] Historical significance to the United States was a criterion of the recommendations. Maintained in giant roundhouses in a hundred cities like Scranton, the smoke belching engines carried the people and the goods that made possible the Industrial Revolution. National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior. The visitor center, theater, technology and history museums are built in the style of and on the site of the missing portions of the original roundhouse, giving an impression of what the original circular structure was like.
After only three years, it was $2.2 million in debt[32] and facing bankruptcy. 4012] or the Rahway Valley No.
[37], The establishment of Steamtown as a NHS caused controversy. Steam locomotives excite the senses and Steamtown keeps their stories alive! [23] Among the injured were CP Rail No. Only piece of electric equipment in the collection. [17] By 1976, the relationship between Steamtown and GMRC was strained as the two organizations fought over maintenance of the tracks, which were owned by the state of Vermont. The park was not created to preserve the history of Steamtown USA. The site also features several original outbuildings dated between 1899 and 1902. The article, by Michael deCourcy Hinds, said, "The provision for the park was inserted into a huge appropriations bill at a late-night meeting near the end of the legislative session in October 1986. The Park Entrance is at the intersection of Lackawanna Ave and Cliff Street in downtown Scranton, PA 18503, or you may try using 4 Lackawanna Ave, 18503 with your GPS. National Historic Site Pennsylvania. On the property were 13 buildings, built between 1865 and 1937 and all listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
"[9] They said that the 19th-century American Industrial Revolution was under-represented in the National Parks system[9] and further charged: Scranton is the only city in the Eastern United States with the vestiges of the era of industrialization (1840-1920) in plain sight, 40 acres in the middle of downtown, with car shops, locomotive shops, roundhouse, turntable, grand passenger station, a working yard, iron furnaces, passenger excursions — the whole works and a restored coal mine nearby.
Until 2012, Steamtown hosted RailCamp, a program put on by the National Railway Historical Society to educate future railroad employees and fans of the industry about railroad operation and preservation. Text, chronology, and ill. (some col.) on verso. "*GPO: 1995 387-038/00165." Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. Info; Alerts; Maps; Calendar; Reserve; Alerts In Effect Dismiss Dismiss View all alerts × Contact Us. Several engines not part of the collection have visited the Scranton site: NYS&W #142, BM&R #425(now Reading Blue Mountain and Northern 425), Lowville & Beaver River Shay #8, former RDG T-1 #2102 (under restoration by Reading Blue Mountain and Northern), Milwaukee Road 261, PRR 1361 and NKP 765. Bird's-eye view. Includes text, index of facilities, and col. ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as... Photo(s): 6 | Measured Drawing(s): 1 | Data Page(s): 13 | Photo Caption Page(s): 1, Steamtown National Historic Site - Historic American Engineering Record, Photo(s): 7 | Measured Drawing(s): 2 | Data Page(s): 10 | Photo Caption Page(s): 1, Photo(s): 7 | Measured Drawing(s): 1 | Data Page(s): 13 | Photo Caption Page(s): 1, Photo(s): 10 | Measured Drawing(s): 3 | Data Page(s): 19 | Photo Caption Page(s): 1, Photo(s): 6 | Measured Drawing(s): 1 | Data Page(s): 12 | Photo Caption Page(s): 1, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3824s.ct008399, Steamtown National Historic Site (Scranton, Pa.), Steamtown National Historic Site, Pennsylvania, Steamtown National Historic Site, Pennsylvania, official map and guide, Steamtown, Steamtown National Historic Site, Pennsylvania, official map and guide.