OLIVER EVANS CHAPTER

Author: Muriel K, Veep

  • Diffusing Knowledge to Workers: The Heroic Mechanics’ Institute Movement

    Joseph Priestley Society presentation Thursday, January 10, 2019 11:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. A luncheon and program featuring Robert G. W. Anderson, president and CEO, Science History Institute. Mechanics’ institutes were independent bodies established by workingmen, often with the support of philanthropists, beginning in the 1820s. They flourished in the British Isles, North America, and Australia, and…

  • Reminder: Oliver Evans Chapter Event

    WILLIAM RAU’S PHILADELPHIA A Glass Lantern Slide presentation by Martha Capwell Fox, Historian and Archives Coordinator, National Canal Museum/ Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 Time: 6PM Program     Reception to follow Cost: $15 for members of sponsoring organizations and guests. $20 for all others. ALL TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED…

  • How It Works: Iron vs. Steel

    Sunday, November 25th at 2pm What is the difference between iron and steel? In this hands-on tour, guests will learn the basics of each material, then dive deeper to discover specific types of iron and steel, how production evolved over time, and what products they can be found in. The National Museum of Industrial History…

  • I-95 Girard Avenue Archaeology Lab

  • WILLIAM RAU’S PHILADELPHIA

    Oliver Evans Chapter/SIA, Philadelphia Chapter, Society of Architectural Historians and Wagner Free Institute of Science present WILLIAM RAU’S PHILADELPHIA A Glass Lantern Slide presentation by Martha Capwell Fox, Historian and Archives Coordinator, National Canal Museum/ Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 Time: 6PM Program     Reception to follow Cost: $15…

  • Poth Brewery, Brewerytown

    A post from Rich Wagner Wow, Brewerytown is poppin’. Took the Hidden City tour of Poth brewery with people from the firm that is planning to develop the building for housing. This joins a growing list of brewery preservation success stories in Philadelphia! I hadn’t been inside since my Philadelphia Brewery Tour in 1996 when…

  • PHILADELPHIA AND THE GREAT WAR

    This November 11th marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice, bringing an end to “The War to End All Wars”. The treaty was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. For years people would stand at that time for a moment of silence to…

  • Fetter’s Mill, along the Pennypack Creek

    Open House Tours Alnwick Grove Historical Society Sunday Oct 28 1-4 2517 Fetter’s Mill Rd 19006 Fetter’s Mill at Fetter’s Mill Road and Pennypack Creek in Huntingdon Valley is a rare historic treasure.  During the 18th and 19th centuries, more than 40 water powered mills operated on the 20 mile-long Pennypack Creek and its tributaries.…

  • The Art of the Brooklyn Bridge

    October 27, 1918 1:00- 3:00 Richard Haw-Discussion and Book Signing –The Art of the Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge is a preeminent global icon.  It is the world’s most famous and beloved bridge, a “must-see” tourist hotspot, and a vital factor of New York and overall American life.  For a hundred and thirty-five years it…

  • The Reading Railroad

    The Lower Merion Historical Society in collaboration with The Trails End Café presents a lecture and discussion on the The Reading Railroad Saturday, October 6, 2018 at 1:00pm Founded in 1833, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, aka, The Reading, was one of the earliest public access railroads in the United States. The Main Line of the Reading Railroad…