OLIVER EVANS CHAPTER

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…
Oliver Evans Chapter/SIA PROGRAM, ANNUAL MEETING & PICNIC Monday, September 25, 2017 Engineering Philadelphia: The Sellers Family & the Industrial Metropolis When Philadelphia was the…
PROGRAM, ANNUAL MEETING & PICNIC Monday, September 25 Engineering Philadelphia: The Sellers Family and the Industrial Metropolis When Philadelphia was the Workshop to the World,…
JUL14, 2017 Member Joel Spivak continues to commemorate National Hot Dog Month in various places around the city. He will be grilling and handing…
Sunday, July 16th at 3:30pm Two giant stationary steam engines, one in Bethlehem, PA, and another half an hour away in Phillipsburg, NJ, are now…

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.


