OLIVER EVANS CHAPTER

Author: Muriel K, Veep

  • The PRR in Lambertville, New Jersey

    Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society The Philadelphia ChapterSaturday, September 21, 2024(Meeting will be held in person and also simulcast on ZOOM) Meeting ItineraryDoors Open (10am / Magazine Super Sale / Vendor Setup)Modelers Meeting (11am to 12pm) Modeling the PRR in Lambertville, New JerseyDining Car (12pm to 1pm / Lunch Service available for purchase)Business Meeting…

  • Lost Delaware River Bridges

    Join us on October 16th at 7:30 PM as Scott Bomboy takes us on a virtual tour of the lost covered bridges of the Delaware River.  The Delaware River in Bucks County was one of the birthplaces of covered bridge building in America. But the last wooden structure spanning the river was demolished in 1945.…

  • The Northeast Corridor

    THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR: THE TRAINS, THE PEOPLE, THE HISTORY, THE REGION A Hagley HISTORY HANGOUT: CONVERSATION WITH DAVID ALFF Hagley’s Ben Spohn interviews David Alff about his recent book: The Northeast Corridor: The Trains, the People, the History, the Region. In this comprehensive history of America’s most  heavily-traveled rail line, Alff shows ow what began as…

  • “Ketchup” with Pittsburgh’s H.J. Heinz

    From the blog of the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office Click the link to read the article

  • Railroading in Victorian Germantown

    The Preservation Alliance and Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion present Railroading in Victorian GermantownThis First Suburb and the Iron Triangle A talk and tour by John Ingram, PhDThursday, June 20, 2024 6:00 to 8:00 PM On June 6, 1832, the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Railroad began operating a 6-mile railway line between Germantown and the city below.…

  • A History of Philadelphia Manufacturing in 63 objects

    An illustrated lecture by Peter WoodallJune 12, 2024 6 pm If you were trying to sum up Philadelphia’s history as the “Workshop of the World” in 63 objects, which ones would you choose? That was the challenge Pete Woodall took on when he created a poster showcasing our city’s industrial history as a thank you…

  • The Philadelphia Navy Yard: Mainstay of the Fleet, 1801-1995 (Virtual)

    A presentation by the Chester County History Center May 21, 2024 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. EDT About this talk:The Philadelphia Navy Yard was one of five government shipyards established at the start of the nineteenth century to support the infant United States Navy. Originally located in the Southwark section of the city, the Navy Yard conducted…

  • The History of the Bar Code

    Gavin WeightmanSmithsonian Magazine, September 23, 201 Two Drexel University graduates came up with the idea for the bar code and obtained a patent for it in 1952. It took more  technical development, including the laser, and the involvement of several major corporations, to lead up to the first real-life test of the first automated checkstand…

  • Eastwick Family Letters

    Eastwick Family Letters at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania During the rise of the Transportation Revolution in the 1830s and 1840s, Russia sought to improve its infrastructure by scouting experienced machinists and engineers across the United States of America and Europe. One such talent was Philadelphian Andrew Eastwick. This new collection tells the story of…

  • Fairmount Waterworks Tours

    Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center presents Join us for an outdoor walking tour of Fairmount Water Works! This 200+ year old building is a National Historic Landmark, a Civil Engineering Landmark, AND a National Mechanical Engineering Landmark.  This guided tour includes an orientation of the exterior grounds of our National Historic Landmark. Guests will then…