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Founding reenactment: first train to coal loading station, volunteers “dressed as soot”

Illustration of an annual reenactment: a small historic steam locomotive arriving at a rugged coal loading platform. Volunteers in blackened “soot” costumes (charcoal smudges, old-time caps, overalls) wave and pose. A simple banner reads “200 YEARS OF PROGRESS.” Background hints at coastal coldness (gray sky, distant dark ocean) and utilitarian infrastructure that foreshadows the later military base conversion.