Steamtown National Historic Site
Clemensen AB. Steamtown National Historic Site. Historic Resource Study. Denver Service Center, National Park Service
This study focuses on steam-era railroading in the Northeastern United States. Although the physical setting of Steamtown National Historic Site is part of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad yard in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the legislation, which established that site in October 1986, made no mention of that railroad. It called for the interpretation of steam-era railroading in the region and permitted the donation of the Steamtown Foundation locomotives and rolling stock. As a result, it is the intent of this historic resource study to focus on steam-era railroading in the Northeastern United States while presenting only a brief history of the less-than-nationally significant DL&W and its Scranton yard. An evaluation of the yard and its structures is presented in the final chapter.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Clemensen, A
- Publisher
- Denver Service Center, National Park Service
- Units
- HIST , STEA
- Keywords
- Cultural Resources, ehistory, Steamtown