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Tour of Campbell Archives, Camden, NJ
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 10:30 am Campbell Soup Company has been located in Camden, NJ, since 1869, when it started as the canning firm of Anderson & Campbell, focusing particularly on canning New Jersey Beefsteak tomatoes. The company was transformed by the invention in 1897 of condensed soup, by Dr. John T. Dorrance, who eventually…
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Rehabbing the Hudson Valley’s First Suspension Bridge
FREE VIRTUAL PROGRAM Wednesday, June 7, 2023 Time: 6-7pm Join us to hear from engineer Blaise Blabac, who is involved in preserving a Roebling suspension bridge in Kingston, NY. Blaise will tell us about the big project to polish this hidden gem– with a new deck, guide rails, sidewalks, railings, and suspender cables, it is…
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High Water: An Informal History of Flooding in Philadelphia
a lecture by Adam Levine When a city is built along a river—and Philadelphia is wedged between two, the Schuylkill and the Delaware—floods are an inevitable occurrence, with sometimes tragic consequences. In this illustrated talk, environmental historian Adam Levine will talk about some of the worst floods ever to hit Philadelphia, beginning in the early…
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Oat Foundry, makers of Split Flap Displays
Society for Industrial Archeology Oliver Evans Chapter presents a Tour of Oat Foundry DATE: Thursday, April 20, 2023 TIME: 11 AM Oat Foundry began in 2013 with a team of six Drexel Engineers on a mission to build cool stuff. They spent their early days prototyping and building a range of products from furniture for coffee…
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Steamboats on the Upper Delaware River
Tuesday, March 21st at 7:00 pm a Zoom presentation A Virtual Illustrated Presentation By Paul W. Schopp A Delaware River Heritage Lecture Sponsored by the Delaware River Greenway Partnership (DRGP) Please click here to register at the DRGP’s website. The Upper Delaware River, extending from Market Street, Philadelphia, to the head of navigation at Trenton,…
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Rich Wagner Beer History Tour
Fairmount Park Conservancy presents Trails to Ales DATESaturday, March 18, 2023 TIME1:00pm – 4:00pm LOCATIONMount Pleasant Mansion3800 Mt Pleasant DrPhiladelphia, 19121 Join beer historian Rich Wagner for a history of brewing and beer gardens on a hiking tour of East Fairmount Park. As the name of the Brewerytown neighborhood that borders East Park indicates, Philadelphia…
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Typewriters, Typewriters, Typewriters II
Oliver Evans Chapter presents a tour Philly Typewriter Date: March 11, 2023Time: 11amLocation: 1735 East Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia PA 19148, between Morris St and Moore St. Bryan Kravitz is passionate about typewriters. He has established a workshop with machines and tools for restoring them. As he puts it on his website, “We work simultaneously as…
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Can Easter be Far Behind?
Zitner’s, the Philadelphia candy company known for their signature chocolate-covered eggs, turns 100 this year, and it’s still churning out ovoidal confections filled with coconut, buttercream, peanut butter, and its signature “Butter Krak” concoction. The local treats were born when a couple, Sam and Anne Zitner, began making and selling candy eggs at their home…
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Typewriters, Typewriters, Typewriters
Bryan Kravitz, a friend of Joel Spivak’s, is passionate about typewriters. He has established a workshop with machines and tools for restoring them. Shortly you will see a notice here about a tour of his workshop on March 11, 2023. Bryan was tapped by the Literature Department at Parkway Central Library to present an 8…
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Finding Conshohocken
UPCOMING TALK by Ned Drinker, local Navigator: DESCRIPTION: “Finding Conshohocken” is a two-hour slide show exploration of the history of Conshohocken from William Penn to the present including the Schuylkill Navigation, iron and steel, J Ellwood Lee, Woodmont and redevelopment. WHEN: Monday, January 30th 5:30 – 7:30 PM WHERE: Conshohocken Free Library, Community Room (downstairs),…
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