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Steamtown National Historic SiteCP 2317 flies the American Flag. NPS Photo, Ken Ganz
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Steamtown National Historic Site
Bookstore
the interior of the museum shop and bookstore at steamtown
NPS Photo, Ken Ganz
The Museum Shop and Bookstore at Steamtown NHS has everything a visitor could want, from railroad whistles to shirts to fine art books.
Steamtown's Museum Shop and Bookstore, operated by Eastern National, Inc., supports the ongoing preservation and interpretation efforts at the Park. Click here for more about the Museum Shop and Bookstore.
Drawing of mechanical engineer Elijay McCoy, creator of the 'real McCoy' automatic lubricator.  

Did You Know?
Elijah J. McCoy, a brilliant African-American mechanical engineer, invented an automatic lubricator cup (or drip cup) for steam locomotives and other machines. It worked so well that inspectors, when checking in a new piece of machinery, would ask, "Is it the real McCoy?"
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Last Updated: July 29, 2006 at 12:33 EST