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ROARING RUN STATION

In 1956, the People’s Natural Gas Co. opened its new Roaring Run Station to compress and transport natural gas. Named for the bounding creek behind, it was considered state of the art for its day. This is the story of how the Roaring Run Station came to Coolspring Power Museum.

But first, let’s take a step back in history to see the earlier station (see bottom of opposite page). There’s the creek roaring along. Look at all

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