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As a major railroad town, Altoona was founded by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in 1849 as the site for a shop and maintenance complex. Altoona was incorporated as a borough on February 6, 1854, and as a city under legislation approved on April 3, 1867, and February 8, 1868.
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- 1854 - Altoona
Altoona, a thriving post-village of Blair county, Pennsylvania, on the Central railroad, 244 miles W. from Philadelphia, and 160 miles E. from...Read MORE... 
1887 - SINGULAR ACCIDENT. THE BREAKING OF A CAR WHEEL ON THE PENNSYLVANIA ROAD RESULTS IN THE KILLING OF FOUR PASSENGERS.
Altoona, Pa., May 28. - Last night as the fast line west was nearing Kittanning Point the wheel of a car on a train cast burst and the car crashed...Read MORE...
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Postcard- 1895 - Altoona
Altoona, a city of Blair co, Pa., on the Pennsylvania Railroad, at the eastern base of the Alleghany Mountains, 117 miles E. of Pittsburg, 237 miles...Read MORE... 
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Postcard- 1906 - BIG FIRE AT ALTOONA. FURNITURE STORE AND THEATRE DESTROYED - OTHER BUILDINGS DAMAGED.
Altoona, Pa., Oct. 20. - One of the most serious fires that has ever occurred in Altoona started in the new five-story furniture building of OLIVER...Read MORE... - 1907 - December 23 - 1st all-steel passengar railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa
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Altoona, a city of Blair co., Pa., on the Pennsylvania R., at the eastern base of the Alleghany Mountains, 117 miles E. of Pittsburg, 237 miles WNW....Read MORE... - 1945 - YARD ACCIDENT TAKES LIFE OF RAIL FIREMAN. LUKE A BOYLAN OF LILLY IS STRUCK BY EAST BOUND PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVE.
Altoona, Pa., (AP) - LUKE A BOYLAN, aged 48, of 142 Portage Street, Lilly, a Pittsburgh division locomotive fireman, was killed instantly this...Read MORE... - 1953 - March 1 - WTAJ TV channel 10 in Altoona, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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1854 - Altoona
Altoona, a thriving post-village of Blair county, Pennsylvania, on the Central railroad, 244 miles W. from Philadelphia, and 160 miles E. from... Read MORE...
1887 - SINGULAR ACCIDENT. THE BREAKING OF A CAR WHEEL ON THE PENNSYLVANIA ROAD RESULTS IN THE KILLING OF FOUR PASSENGERS.
Altoona, Pa., May 28. - Last night as the fast line west was nearing Kittanning Point the wheel of a car on a train cast burst and the car crashed... Read MORE...
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1895 - Altoona
Altoona, a city of Blair co, Pa., on the Pennsylvania Railroad, at the eastern base of the Alleghany Mountains, 117 miles E. of Pittsburg, 237 miles... Read MORE...
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1906 - BIG FIRE AT ALTOONA. FURNITURE STORE AND THEATRE DESTROYED - OTHER BUILDINGS DAMAGED.
Altoona, Pa., Oct. 20. - One of the most serious fires that has ever occurred in Altoona started in the new five-story furniture building of OLIVER... Read MORE...
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1907 - December 23 - 1st all-steel passengar railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa
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Altoona, a city of Blair co., Pa., on the Pennsylvania R., at the eastern base of the Alleghany Mountains, 117 miles E. of Pittsburg, 237 miles WNW.... Read MORE...
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1945 - YARD ACCIDENT TAKES LIFE OF RAIL FIREMAN. LUKE A BOYLAN OF LILLY IS STRUCK BY EAST BOUND PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVE.
Altoona, Pa., (AP) - LUKE A BOYLAN, aged 48, of 142 Portage Street, Lilly, a Pittsburgh division locomotive fireman, was killed instantly this... Read MORE...
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1953 - March 1 - WTAJ TV channel 10 in Altoona, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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