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Steamtown National Historic SiteVisitors get a close look at one of Steamtown's steam locomotives on an excursion to East Stroudsburg. (NPS Photo, Ken Ganz)
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Steamtown National Historic Site
Directions

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From Northwestern Pennsylvania:  Proceed east on US Route 6 and then south on I-81 to exit 185.  Follow the downtown map below.

From Philadelphia: Proceed north on I-476 (PA Turnpike, Northeast Extension) to exit 115. Take I-81 north to exit at 185,  Follow the downtown map below.

From Baltimore and other points south: Proceed north to Harrisburg and onto I-81. Take I-81 north to exit 185.  Follow the downtown map below.

From the west: Proceed east on I-80 to I-81 north to exit 185.  Follow the downtown map below.

From the east: Proceed west on I-80 or I-84. At intersection with I-380, proceed north. At intersection with I-81, proceed south to exit 185.  Follow the downtown map below.

From the north: Proceed south on I-81 to exit 185.  Follow the downtown map below:

 
Map of Downtown Scranton showing how to get from I-81 to Steamtown National Historic Site via the Central Scranton Expressway, Lackawanna Avenue and Cliff Avenue.
Map is not to scale.
This small steam locomotive has six wheels and has a water tank above the boiler.  It is called a 'saddle-tank' engine.  

Did You Know?
This E. J. Lavino & Company locomotive was originally owned by the Poland Springs Railroad, part of the Poland Springs water company of Maine. See this, and more than 20 other steam locomotives, at Steamtown National Historic Site.
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Last Updated: October 03, 2007 at 16:38 EST