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Altoona

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Al·too·na  (l-tn)
A city of central Pennsylvania on the eastern slopes of the Allegheny Mountains east of Pittsburgh. It was laid out in 1849 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a switching point for locomotives used to cross the mountains. Population: 47,000.
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Noun1.Altoona - a town in central PennsylvaniaAltoona - a town in central Pennsylvania      
Keystone State, Pennsylvania, PA - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
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The first steamship line to take notice of the telephone was the Clyde, which had a wire from dock to office in 1877; and the first railway was the Pennsylvania, which two years later was persuaded by Professor Bell himself to give it a trial in Altoona.
The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context
 
 
 
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