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Transportation by water, rail or road requires not only a means and a path, but also starting and stopping points, and places where equipment can be repaired and refurbished. These are some of those places.

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Arkansas
Jersey
Moro Bay State Park
6071 Highway 600
Jersey AR 71651
Phone 870 463-8555
Web Site http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/parks/park.asp?park=Moro+Bay
E-mail morobay@arkansas.com
Alt Web http://www.gorp.com/gorp/location/ar/parks/moro.htm
Description Moro Bay Ferry with exhibits on ferry history
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Park
Building Type Transportation

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Connecticut
East Windsor
Connecticut Trolley Museum
58 North Road
PO Box 360
East Windsor CT 06088
Phone 860 627-6540
Web Site http://www.ceraonline.org/
E-mail information@ceraonline.org
Description electric transportation equipment, 3 mile trips
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Railroad
Building Type Transportation
Collection A-F Arms
Research/Reading Library
Era 1880-1947

Iowa
Clear Lake
Iowa Trolley Park
3429 E Main
Clear Lake IA 50428
Phone 641 357-7433
Web Site *****
Alt Web http://www.bera.org/pnaerc-orginfo.html
Description
Type of Resource Museum
Building Type Transportation
Collection N-Z Trolleys
New or Updated: 04/29/2003

Illinois
South Elgin
Fox River Trolley Museum
361 South LaFox Street
South Elgin IL 60177
Phone 630 665-2581
Alt Phone 847 697-4676
Web Site www.foxtrolley.org
E-mail mailto:info@foxtrolley.org
Description over 20 trolley cars, offering 3 mile trip along the Fox River
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Railroad
Building Type Transportation
Kind of Activity Train Ride

Kansas
Norton
Stagecoach Station 15
210 East Washington
Norton KS 67654
Phone 785 877-2501
Web Site http://skyways.lib.ks.us/counties/NT/s15.html
Alt Web http://www.lasr.net/leisure/kansas/norton/attractions.html
Description replica overnight stop on Leavenworth & Pike's Peak Stagecoach
Type of Resource Historic Place
Primary Focus Building
Building Type Transportation

MA
Essex
Essex Shipbuilding Museum
66 Main Street
Essex MA 01929
Phone 978 768-7541
Web Site http://www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org/
Description multiple buildings on site, museum in school, shipyard built 300 vessels
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Maritime
Building Type Transportation
New or Updated: 09/10/2003

Colesville

National Capital Trolley Museum

1313 Bonifant Road

Colesville MD 20905

Phone 301 384-6088

Web Site www.dctrolley.org

Description electric street railway collection, 17 cars from Washington DC &

elsewhere, 1 mile operating track

Type of Resource Railway

Primary Focus Railroad

Building Type Transportation

Collection N-Z Rolling Stock

New or Updated: 5/10/2007

Maryland
College Park
College Park Aviation Museum
1985 Cpl Frank Scott Drive
College Park MD 20742
Phone
Web Site http://www.pgparks.com/places/historic/cpam/
Description operating airport since 1909 when it was founded so the Wright brothers code teach military aviators to fly
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Primary Focus Aviation
Building Type Hangar (Transportation)
Collection N-Z Photography
Research /Reading Library
New or Updated: 11/03/2003

LaVale

National Road & Toll House

14302 National Highway

LaVale MD 21502

Phone 301 777-5132

Web Site http://www.mdmountainside.com/attraction.php?attraction=160

Alt Web http://www.wamonline.com/fall2000/tollgate.htm

Description toll house near 1000 foot Narrows gap through the mountains

Type of Resource Historic Place

Building Type Transportation

Era 1835

New or Updated: 12/2/2005

Silver Spring
National Capital Trolley Museum
1313 Bonifant Road
Silver Spring MD 20905
Phone 301 384-6088
Web Site www.dctrolley.org
Description operating trolley collection
Type of Resource Railway
Primary Focus Railroad
Building Type Transportation

Brooklyn Heights

New York Transit Museum

Boerrum Place & Schermerhorn St

Brooklyn Heights NY

Phone 718 694-1600

Web Site http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mta/museum/index.html

Description transit artifacts, maps, tours, trips on the Nostalgia Train, housed in 1936 IND subway station

Type of Resource Specialty Museum

Building Type Transportation

Research /Reading Archives

New or Updated: 12/31/2005

New York
New York
Kingston Trolley Museum of New York
Address
New York NY
Phone
Web Site www.mhrss.org/kingston/kgntroll.html
Description Antique trolleys, rides along the Hudson
Type of Resource Railway
Building Type Transportation

Ohio
Zoarville
Camp Tuscazoar Foundation
6066 Boy Scout Road NE
MAIL: PO Box 308 Zoarville 55656
Zoarville OH 44622
Phone
Web Site http://www.tuscazoar.org/contact.htm
Description boy scout camp has small museum, foundation also owns and plans to renovate Zoarville Station Bridge
Type of Resource Specialty Museum
Building Type Transportation
Collection N-Z Scouting

Wisconsin
Cassville
Village of Cassville
Village of Cassville
100 West Amelia Street
Cassville WI
Phone 608 725-5180
Web Site http://www.cassville.org/ferry.html
Description car ferry across the Mississippi
Type of Resource Activity
Building Type Transportation

Last Update: 03/03/2010

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