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Re:RE: (erielack) Correction?--I got Will beat

Did ELHS ever consider Steamtown as a site for archives?

Randy Brown
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I have Will beat.  I live a quarter mile from the old DL&W tracks in Chinchilla/Clarks Summit.  Far enough away to not be disturbed, but close enough to hear the gentle rumble of trains passing through.  My six mile drive to work parallells the tracks, and I work at the old Scranton yards in the Office and Storage Building (constructed 1910).  My job is to maintain our research library (3,000 items and growing) and process our archival collection (nearly 1,000 boxes of DL&W, Erie and Lehigh Valley records) and a bit of other ods and ends that could keep 100 people busy.

My biggest recent success was assisting with the exterior restoration of the Mattes Street Tower.  It again is roofed with green "Spanish Mission" type tiles, the upper windows are being restored (in accordance to original drawings), and the lower windows and doors are being worked on.  The interior spiral staircase has been restored.  Now, if I can only convince the boss to restore the interior and move my office there.

Its a hard job, but somebody has to do it.

Pat McKnight
Historian/Archivist
Steamtown NHS


                                                                                                         

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