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Steamtown National Historic Site has since sold a few pieces from the Blount collection, and added a few others deemed of greater historical significance to the region. By 2008, low visitor attendance and the need of costly asbestos removal from many pieces of the collection were spurring discussion about privatizing Steamtown.
In 1986, the U.S. House of Representatives, under the urging of Scranton native Representative Joseph M. McDade, [24] voted to approve the spending of $8 million to study the collection and to begin the process of making it a National Historic Site. [26] By 1995, Steamtown was acquired and developed by the National Park Service (NPS) at a total ...
A millionaire and a railroad enthusiast, Blount's collection of vintage steam locomotives and rail cars—originally based in New England—was one of the largest ever assembled and still remains the cornerstone of the modern-day Steamtown National Historic Site.
Sep. 22—The dissolution of a longstanding partnership between Steamtown National Historic Site and a rail preservation group spearheading the restoration of a historic locomotive in the park's ...
The yard includes buildings and structures related to the yard's expansion in 1899-1939, and its usage as steam locomotive maintenance complex. The Dickson Manufacturing Company built steam locomotives, and the site of its works are included in this district. Notable buildings at the Steamtown National Historic Site include the following:
Sep. 5—Steamtown National Historic Site's stable of working locomotives will grow within two years thanks to the generosity of the estate of a longtime rail enthusiast and the work of the park's ...
Attractions like the Scranton Iron Furnaces and the Steamtown National Historic Site celebrate the city’s blue-collar history. Its population has declined since its industrial peak in the 1940s ...
For now, No. 759 sits safely on display out of the elements in Steamtown's roundhouse, being one of the three largest non-articulated steam locomotives to be homed at the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the other two being Reading 4-8-4 No. 2124 and Grand Trunk Western 4-8-2 No. 6039.