Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Yard-Dickson Manufacturing Co. Site is a national
historic district located in
Scranton
Scranton is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Lackawanna County. With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 U.S. census, Scranton is the largest city in Northeastern Pennsylvania, the Wyoming V ...
,
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Lackawanna County (; unm, Lèkaohane) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania and had a population of 215,896 as of the 2020 census. Its county seat and largest city is Scranton.
The county ...
. It encompasses the
Steamtown National Historic Site and
Scranton Army Ammunition Plant
The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant (SCAAP) is a United States Army Joint Munitions Command facility that manufactures 105 mm and 155 mm-diameter projectile bodies, including the M795, 120 mm family of projectiles, M107, M804, M485, ...
and includes 16 contributing buildings, four contributing sites, and five contributing structures. The yard includes buildings and structures related to the yard's expansion in 1899-1939, and its usage as steam locomotive maintenance complex. The
Dickson Manufacturing Company built steam locomotives, and the site of its works are included in this district.
Notable buildings at the Steamtown National Historic Site include the following:
*Gas House (1909)
*Office and Storage Building (1909)
*Green Sands Storage Bin and Dryer (1917)
*Oil House (1912)
*Maintenance Shop (1865–1949)
*Roundhouse Office and Storeroom (1902)
*Roundhouse remnants (1902, 1937)
*Mattes Street Signal Tower (1908) and Warehouse (1876, 1901, 1926).
Notable buildings at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant include the following:
*Pattern Shop/Office Building (1907–1909)
*Foundry/Forge Shop (1907–1909)
*Blacksmith Shop/Heat Treat Building (1907–1909)
*Machine and Erecting Shop/Production Shop (1907–1909).
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It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1990.
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
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