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| | Corning and Elmira : Introduction | Frommers.com |
 | | Corning is a town of just 12,000 people, but in the Finger Lakes, as the headquarters of the Fortune 500 company Corning Inc., it's a big deal. |
 | | Corning was once known as "crystal city" for its concentration of glassworks, and today glass is at the center of the town's attractions, at the world-renowned Corning Museum of Glass. |
 | | The town, home to Elmira College, is known in select circles as the "soaring capital of the United States," a reference to its place in aviation history, and it also makes much of its association with the legendary writer and humorist Mark Twain, who wrote many of his most famous works while summering in Elmira. |
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