Author: Muriel K, Veep

Parts of SS United States removed for future museum, as rest is prepped for its watery end The SS United States is moving ever-closer to its watery resting place off Florida’s Gulf Coast. Okaloosa County and Destin-Fort Walton Beach announced that the first smoke stack of the historic ocean liner was removed Monday, with the…

Zoom PresentationWednesday August 13, 2025  6:30pm Have you ever wondered how treasures end up on display in museums? Join us on Zoom for a peek behind the scenes with Executive Director Lynne Calamia as she shares how Roebling artifacts are found—from eBay auctions to digging in basements—and what we’re still searching for! Cost: Free Registration…

As National Ice Cream month draws to a close, we are highlighting America’s first collegiate instruction in ice cream manufacture. Penn State’s Ice Cream Short Course is the oldest, best-known, and largest educational program dealing with the science and technology of ice cream. It also is believed to be the first continuing education course in…

NJ Monuments to Migration and Labor presents|Organizing and Resisting: Immigrant Workers Past and Present Sunday, July 20, 2 to 5PM Join us at the Roebling Museum for a community dialogue exploring the history of labor, immigration, and worker experiences in New Jersey. After hearing about what it was like to live and work in Roebling while…

Hidden City is seeking input for a photographic publication. Here is the information they have provided. What was Philadelphia like in the 1950s? What has been erased or forgotten? What happened during the upheavals of the ‘60s and ‘70s? How did the city try to reinvent itself in the ‘80s? Hidden City Philadelphia is preparing…

Chester County History Center presentsMILLS OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY AND BRANDYWINEA virtual presentationTuesday, July 1, 2025 7:00PM – 8:00PM “Mills of the Delaware Valley & Brandywine” is an illustrated slide show, recalling the origins of milling in the southeastern PA and DE area, and outlining techniques used in finding and documenting historic mills. Photos and…

Civil engineer George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. was the inventor of the original Ferris Wheel. He was interested in the engineering potential of structural steel, and he established a company in Pittsburgh to test structural steel and to build bridges, starting with one over the Monongahela River at 6th Street in Pittsburgh (since demolished.) In…

Philadelphia Chapter Meeting – June 21, 2025 @11:00AM The chapter meeting will be available on zoom as well has held in person, at the Drexel Hill United Methodist Church, 600 Burmont Road / Drexel Hill, PA  19026 The Railroad Modelers Meeting (“Modeling the Iron and Steel Industry – An Introduction”)Chapter member Fred Monsimer presents:  Railroads…

A brief clip on wooden barrels and their importance in the Whiskey Industry.