Milwaukee County Zoo's Steam locomotive completes final laps

This is a video of 82 at the Milwaukee County Zoo in 1960, two years after the "Zoo Line" opened for business. The train ride was the first and new attraction at the new zoo, which was being relocated from Washington Park in Milwaukee to this new location where the zoo is to this day. During the construction of the new zoo, visitors were allowed to ride the train to see what was being built. Income from ticket sales to ride the train was used to build exhibits and purchase animals and the Zoomob

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