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Steamtown

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Steam railroad transportation brought the heat of the firebox, the smell of hot steam and oil, the whistle, vibrating ground, and the sight of one-ton drive rods turning steel wheels, along with the "chuff-chuff" of the smokestack. It was built, repaired, and ridden by people whose work and travel formed a special era in America's industrial history.
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Scranton, Pennsylvania · United States
Steamtown National Historic Site, Pennsylvania
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