OLIVER EVANS CHAPTER

Author: Muriel K, Veep

  • Trackless Trolleys in Philadelphia

     Philadelphia’s First Trackless Trolley at Broad and Oregon October 1923 Society for Industrial Archeology Oliver Evans Chapter presents 100th Anniversary of the Trackless Trolley in Philadelphia 1923-2023 DATE: Wednesday, October 11, 2023   TIME: 6PMLOCATION: Parkway Central Free Library 20th and Vine, (enter on Wood Street) Transit Historians Mitch Libby and Joel Spivak will present the history…

  • World Canals Conference 2023 Online

    Thursday, September 21 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time (US & Canada). Members of the SIA are invited to join Inland Waterways International for its World Canals Conference 2023 Online. The session focuses on restoration of canal structures and channels and features Joe Reed, Civil Engineer with the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and Mike Palmer, Chair…

  • Reminder of OE Chapter Meeting

    Wednesday, September 13, 2023 6:00Parkway Central Library of Philadelphia Please join us to reconnect with chapter members Edward W. Duffy will be speaking on research for his book, Philadelphia Celebrates: Three Great Anniversaries – 1876 – 1926 – 1976 published in 2017. Ed was actively involved in the 1976 celebration as an employee of the…

  • A Cruise through History on the Delaware River

    Delaware River Greenway Partnershippresents A Cruise through History on the Delaware River September 21, 2023 at 7:30 pm Part of our Heritage Lecture Series, Gary Letcher, author of Paddlers’ Guide to the Delaware River takes us on an illustrative tour through history on and along our beautiful river. Beginning with various craft, and their pilots,…

  • Philly Typewriter Talks

    Here is the link for the required registration for Wednesday’s talk. Further down on the library page is the listing for the August typewriter presentation which also has a link for registration. https://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/event/115849

  • More Philly Typewriter

    There are two more typewriter talks by Bryan Kravitz at the Free Library. Here are the topics and dates. The Typewriter Revolution of TodayWed, July 19, 2023 5:30 p.m. Philly Typewriter: The Age of Restoration & PreservationWed, August 16, 2023 5:30 p.m. Location:Parkway Central Library1901 Vine Street Classroom at the back entrance of the Library on…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…