Colón is a town in Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...

, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

. It is the head town of the Colón Partido

Colón Partido

Colón Partido is a partido located on the northern border of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 23,000 inhabitants in an area of 1,022km², and its capital city is Colón , which is located around 260km from Buenos...

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The town is located in an agricultural area, the main areas of employment are in agriculture, the production of agricultural machinery and textiles.

The museum is located in the old Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre

Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre

Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre , named after the former Argentine president Bartolomé Mitre, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948...

railway station and has a display of old photographs and artefacts.