OLIVER EVANS CHAPTER

Author: Muriel K, Veep

  • A River Runs Through It

    A Webinar Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Fairmount Water Works Thursday, May 12, 2022 12:00pm – 1:00pm The Fairmount Water Works are one of Philadelphia’s most iconic sites, yet the least understood by locals. It’s even harder for out of towners to comprehend its significance when you tell them “you MUST visit our old municipal water…

  • Northeast Philadelphia History Fair

    Presented by the Friends of Northeast Philadelphia History Saturday, April 30, 202210:00am to 3:00pm Free admission, All are Welcome  There will be over thirty presenters – local historical societies, historical organizations, museums, authors, and others – offering displays and a wide range of historical books, photos, maps, prints, and memorabilia. And there will be two…

  • Wayne Junction Walking Tour

    The Preservation Alliance For Greater Philadelphiapresents A Special Architecture Walking Tour The Wayne Junction Historic District, bordering lower Germantown and upper Nicetown, was once a bustling Philadelphia industrial center known as “Workshop of the World.” In the later decades of the 1900s, Wayne Junction experienced disinvestment and decline as manufacturing moved elsewhere, leaving many of…

  • Roebling Museum Roadtrip

    C.C. Sunderland and innovations in 20th century bridge construction April 6, 2022 6pm Join us as Dario Gasparini shares his research into construction technologies for suspension bridges with a focus on C. C. Sunderland, Chief Engineer for the John A. Roebling Son’s Company. He will discuss construction of suspension bridge cables, the development of new…

  • Indigenous Ancestors, Immigrants and Industry

    Society for Industrial ArcheologyOliver Evans Chapterpresents Guided Tour of AECOM’s I-95 Archaeology Center – Indigenous Ancestors, Immigrants and Industry DATE: Saturday, April 9, 2022 TIME: 1:30 PM Located just north of Center City Philadelphia in the popular Fishtown neighborhood, the I-95 Archaeology Center is the temporary working laboratory and public-outreach venue for AECOM’s ongoing I-95 Girard Avenue…

  • South Street History Museum

    South Street History Museum Exhibits on Display March 5th 12th, 19th, 26th , 12 noon to 6 pm Joel Spivak has been involved with South Street for many years; he has lived in the area since 1969. That’s when he became involved in documenting its history and collecting artifacts related to its commercial and communal…

  • Guided Tour of AECOM’s I-95 Archaeology Center

    Society for Industrial ArcheologyOliver Evans ChapterPresents Guided Tour of AECOM’s I-95 Archaeology Center –Indigenous Ancestors, Immigrants and Industry  Saturday, January 29, 2022  TIME: 10 AM Located just north of Center City Philadelphia in the popular Fishtown neighborhood, the I-95 Archaeology Center is the temporary working laboratory and public-outreach venue for AECOM’s ongoing I-95 Girard Avenue…

  • From Caves and Canals to Tunnels and Transit

    The New Jersey Chapter of the National Railway Historical Societypresents a Zoom program Underground Philadelphia:From Caves and Canals to Tunnels and Transit Jan 24, 2022 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) WJC member Joel Spivak will present his program on Underground Philadelphia. The program is based on a book by Harry Kyriadkodis and Joel that…

  • from the National SIA Organization

    Join the SIA for the 17th session of IA Online Wednesday, January 19 at 8 p.m. Eastern (US & Canada): Paul King & Marty Johnston – “Roebling’s Monongahela Bridge: History & Motion: A Progress Report” Register to join us on Zoom: https://michigantech.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUodeyopzIpEtYwYT9zfDimR7K2jlEnzMDP This collaborative talk will be roughly 40 minutes long, with the remainder of…

  • More than just trains…homage to “workshop of the world”

    The Oliver Evans Chapter presentsA virtual presentation by Ron Hoess, OE Chapter MemberTuesday, January 11, 2022  6:30pm Over the last 7 years I have been constructing what is referred to as a prototype train layout, meaning a layout that represents a very specific time and place. The layout is set in North Philadelphia circa 1958…