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According to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Concrete City was notable for early use of International Style architectural concepts in creating "model" industrial housing . . The homes, built by the DL & W (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western) Railroad's Coal Division for forty Truesdale Colliery employees, were opened in 1913. Constructed of poured concrete, the twenty two-story rectangular double houses surrounded a park. Controlled by the Glen Alden Coal Company after 1921. Concrete City was abandoned in 1924. A nearby school, also built in 1913, for Concrete City but made of red brick was demolished in 1979, but the concrete city proved harder to destroy and was simply left to the elements. It's courtyard once held a pool, tennis courts, playgouround and baseball field, none of which have survived. The reasons for it being abandoned include the concrete itself, which held in moisture and cold, and the fact that when it was built each home had a concrete outhouse in the back, new city rules would include the need to install costly sewer lines for the city. We only had a brief amount of time to visit this ghost town, and interupted a game of paintball. The buildings are also used by police and fire departments for training and the remains of fire training can be seen on most of the buildings. One interesting feature of the homes is that the second floor includes a staircase which leads into the wall. Each floor was made from the same form, resulting in this extra stairway to nowhere. When you approach Concrete City keep an ear out for any target practice, and make sure anyone using the property knows you're there as it's a popular hang out spot for local teens to drink, play paintball or shoot their guns. 
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