Authors

Chester Smolski

Document Type

Article

Themes

Urban Redevelopment

Comments

Paterson, NJ rebirth of old mill district.

Location

Paterson, NJ

Identifier

HF088

Abstract

"Residents were there by the hundreds to welcome home one of their noteworthy product of a previous era. 'Old 299' had just returned from the Panama Canal Zone to its final resting place in the New Paterson Museum, a fitting climax for the 2-6-0 'Mogul' type steam locomotive that was born here in 1906. And June 6, 1979 marked the gala return of one of the few remaining American-made locomotives that were so instrumental in the construction of the Panama Canal by this nation in the period from 1904 to 1914, after earlier unsuccessful attempts by the French."

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