OLIVER EVANS CHAPTER

Author: Muriel K, Veep

  • Save the Date

    PROGRAM, ANNUAL MEETING & PICNIC Monday, September 25 Engineering Philadelphia: The Sellers Family and the Industrial Metropolis When Philadelphia was the Workshop to the World, the Sellers family numbered among the city’s leading industrial families, developing canals and railroads and manufacturing goods ranging from textiles to steel frames for bridges and skyscrapers. But as Philadelphia…

  • Celebrate National Hot Dog Month

    JUL14, 2017   Member Joel Spivak continues to commemorate National Hot Dog Month in various places around the city. He will be grilling and handing out franks to celebrate the grand “reopening” of the The Blue Grotto, an arts and event venue on Lancaster Avenue. Joel has long studied and promoted  this area of the…

  • Steam engine restoration

    Sunday, July 16th at 3:30pm Two giant stationary steam engines, one in Bethlehem, PA, and another half an hour away in Phillipsburg, NJ, are now in the process of being restored to operation. Come along with the crew members on Sunday, July 16th, at 3:30 PM for the second of several tours where visitors can get an up close look…

  • Tour of Philly (formerly Akers) Shipyard

    The shipyard is currently building a series of eight MT-50 class product tankers. The 183 m long, 50,000 deadweight vessels are designed to carry a variety and liquids from crude oil to chemicals  Society for Industrial Archeology Oliver Evans Chapter  presents TOUR OF PHILLY SHIPYARD  DATE: Friday, July 14, 2017                             TIME: 10 AM This tour has been…

  • Exhibition Tour

    Date: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Location: Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 219 S. 6th Street, Philadelphia Time: 6:00 p.m. Cost: Free, but space is limited and open to Oliver Evans SIA Chapter Members only.  Registration required no later than Sunday, Feb 28 at info@siaoliverevans.org. PLEASE DO NOT ARRIVE WITHOUT A REGISTRATION OR YOU MAY BE TURNED AWAY.…

  • Annual Dinner

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  • Jane Mork Gibson, 1923-2016

    OBITUARY Jane Mork Gibson, 1923-2016 Jane Mork Gibson was a founding member of the Oliver Evans Chapter and worked diligently to promote the SIA mission concerning the industrial heritage of the Delaware Valley. She left the area to be closer to family, but she sorely missed her friends and colleagues in Philadelphia who will continue to…

  • Annual Wright Stuff Film Fest

    27th Annual Wright Stuff Film Fest (Resumed after a 2-year hiatus) Monday, December 5, 2016 Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center Martha Capwell Fox, Archives & Museum Coordinator Martha Capwell Fox is in charge of maintaining the Museum’s collection of photographs, artifacts, books, films and videos, and historic documents. She creates and installs exhibits for the…

  • Lecture: Palazzos of Power

    Palazzos of Power: Central Stations of the Philadelphia Electric Company, 1900-1930: A Lecture and Book Signing Wednesday, November 2, 2016 Lecture 6:00-7:00 p.m., Reception & book signing 7:00-8:00 p.m Center for Architecture + Design, 1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia Featuring author Aaron V. Wunsch and photographer Joseph E. B. Elliott “If it isn’t Electric, it isn’t…