OLIVER EVANS CHAPTER

Author: Muriel K, Veep

  • INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S WEEKEND

    National Museum of Industrial History MARCH 7 – 8, 2020 The National Museum of Industrial History will kick-off a month-long commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in March with International Women’s Weekend on March 7th and 8th. Women’s Weekend will celebrate the voices and stories of women in industry through a full schedule…

  • Continuing a Legacy – Photographing the Pennsylvania Railroad

    A presentation by Michael Froio, Photographer Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society Philadelphia Chapter Meeting February 15, 2020  10:30am – Doors open for vendor sales 11:00am – Modelers Meeting 11:30am – Dining Car Opens (food for purchase)… 1:00pm – Chapter Business Meeting 1:30pm – Feature Presentation Drexel Hill United Methodist Church 600 Burmont Rd, Drexel…

  • The Hidden City: Archaeology of Philadelphia

    Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia Monday,  March 30, 2020  6:00 to 8:00 Archaeologists Douglas Mooney and Jed Levin take us on a trip down Alice’s rabbit hole – digging underneath parking lots, highways, National Park sites, and demolished buildings, they uncover Philadelphia’s hidden past through the fragments of everyday life left by our predecessors. This…

  • Workshop of the World

    Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia Wednesday, March 18, 2020  6:00 to 8:00 pm Domenic Vitiello, Associate Professor of Urban Studies and City & Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania, charts the origins, dynamics, and decline of Philadelphia’s position as one of the world’s leading centers of industry. This talk will trace the networks of…

  • UNDERGROUND PHILADELPHIA

    The Warminster Historical Society presents UNDERGROUND PHILADELPHIA: From Caves and Canals to Tunnels and Transit With authors: Harry Kyraikodis & Joel Spivak Monday, February 24th, 2020 at 6:30 PM at the Warminster Free Library, 1076 Emma Ln, Warminster, PA 18974 Free and open to all Online Registration Required at:  https://forms.gle/mvtwFBdsAU3aXzyG6 Philadelphia’s relationship with the underground…

  • Registration for Chapter 35th Annual Dinner

    Saturday, January 25, 2020 Geography, Geology and Genius: How Coal & Canals Ignited the American Industrial Revolution, an illustrated presentation on her new book by author Martha Capwell Fox, Archives & Museum Coordinator, National Canal Museum, Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Easton, PA Martha Capwell Fox is in charge of maintaining the Museum’s collection…

  • Geography Geology, and Genius: How Coal and Canals Ignited the American Industrial Revolution

    The Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor is proud to announce the release of Geography, Geology and Genius: How Coal and Canals Ignited the American Industrial Revolution. This is the first comprehensive telling of the little known story of how eastern Pennsylvania, from the anthracite coal fields to the tidal waters of the Delaware River,…

  • Delaware Valley Shipyards and their Contribution during War

    Over 2,400 ships, boats, and barges built by over 200,000 shipyard workers in 31 shipyards large and small. A presentation by Dan Cashin, Rigger Instructor – Philadelphia Navy Yard and Philly (Aker) Shipyard With the major ship information courtesy of Tim Colton at shipbuildinghistory.com Tuesday, December 10, 2019   7:30 PM The painting depicts the…

  • 30th Annual Wright Stuff Film Fest

      OLIVER EVANS CHAPTER presents 30th Annual Wright Stuff Film Fest presented by Martha Capwell Fox, Archives & Museum Coordinator, National Canal Museum, Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Easton, PA  Martha Capwell Fox is in charge of maintaining the Museum’s collection of photographs, artifacts, books, films and videos, and historic documents which preserve the history…

  • Industrious Light, Baldwin Locomotive Mural

    Phillip Adams is a local artist who has created several murals on Philadelphia Industrial history. They are located in neighborhoods formerly heavy in industrial production. The mural featured in this article  is rich with connections to the Baldwin Park neighborhood. https://www.baldwinparkphilly.org/new-mural-in-the-neighborhood Adams created this mural as part of his Industrious Light series about Philadelphia’s industrial…