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Scranton, Pennsylvania
This city and the surrounding
area were once important to the iron and coal
industry. Today, it has several attractions that allow visitors
to
appreciate the importance of heavy industry in the development
of the United
States.
The Anthracite Museum Complex actually has
four separate components. The
Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum in Scranton has exhibits
and
multimedia displays on the way of life that developed around
the coal
industry. The Scranton Iron Furnaces, also in Scranton, has
four smokestacks
from the original 1800s furnaces. The other two parts of the
museum complex
lie outside Scranton: Eckley Miner's Village, in Hazleton,
is a
living-history village that depicts life in the 1800s, and
the Museum of
Anthracite Mining, in Ashland, is a collection of artifacts
and photographs.
Adjacent to the Ashland museum is the Pioneer Coal Mine, which
is open for
tours. Scranton has its own coal-mine tour, the Lackawanna
Coal Mine (near
the Anthracite Heritage Museum), where you can descend deep
underground to
the coal veins (wear a sweater -- it's chilly down there).
Industrial might of another sort is the focus
of the Steamtown National
Historic Site, dedicated to preserving the history of the
steam train and
railroads in the U.S. There's a huge collection of old locomotives
and rail
cars, and you can ride a working steam train. The Scranton
area also has a
minor-league baseball team, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red
Barrons. About 35
mi/56 km west of Scranton, Ricketts Glen State Park has more
than 22
waterfalls in a beautiful forest of ancient pine, hemlock
and oak. Scranton
is 100 mi/160 km north of Philadelphia.
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