OLIVER EVANS CHAPTER

The Society for Industrial Archeology.

OLIVER EVANS CHAPTER

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  • May The Flux Be With You – update

    A chapter member noted that the organization sponsoring this talk and its location in person were not included in the last post. It is the historic Cornwall Iron Furnace, 1742 “With the exception of a mere handful of similar preservations in Sweden and Germany – and possibly a few in…

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  • UNDERGROUND PHILADELPHIA: FROM CAVES AND CANALS TO TUNNELS AND TRANSIT

    Historic Gloria Dei Preservation Corporation presents A Book Talk with authors Harry Kyriakodis and Joel Spivak Wednesday, September 18th, 7:00 – 8:30 PM Philadelphia’s relationship…

  • How It Works: The Morris Canal

    National Museum of Industrial History  presents June 30th 2:00 to 4:00 For June’s special How It Works tour Mike Helbing will lead a talk and tour about…

  • Mill Creek to Sewer

    Mill Creek Sewer, ca. 1883, at 47th Street and Haverford Avenue in West Philadelphia. The effort to encapsulate and bury Mill Creek in a 21-foot…

  • Reminder

    PROGRAM, ANNUAL MEETING & PICNIC Monday, June 24, 2019 Please join our Chapter for the Picnic this coming Monday.  E-mail Helen, treasurer, with your intention…

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The SIA’s emphasis on archeology reflects a concern for the tangible evidence of early industry.  Our mission is the study, interpretation, and preservation of the surviving factories, machinery, bridges, canals, industrial communities and artifacts that are historically significant.

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