Author: Muriel K, Veep

Sometimes an artifact can convey tremendous information simply by its presence. That is certainly the case with Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) Locomotive No. 460, housed at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Lancaster County.  On June 11, 1927, No. 460 was given a very special assignment, one that was extremely time-sensitive and would pit its…

The Roebling Chapter, Society for Industrial Archeology Sunday, March 16, 2025, 1:00– 3:30PM(Rain date: Saturday, April 12, 1:00-3:30PM) The Roebling Chapter, Society for Industrial Archeology (RCSIA) is sponsoring a three-part,1-to-2.5-hour tour of the National Register of Historic Places listed Feltville/Glenside Park Historic District with a side-trip to the Seeley’s Paper Mill site. The tour will be…

February 19, 2025 An article in The Inquirer today included a video on YouTube of the departure of the ship. It is 3-hours long but there are several highlights mentioned here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4RdLLURpLQ At 1 hour and 12 minutes the ship has been pulled out of its docking space and the tugboats are taking their positions…

Baltimore Museum of Industry Presents FREE Zoom program Tuesday, January 28th 7:00-8:00 PM You’re invited to a live, virtual presentation on the history of the Key Bridge and the latest news regarding its reconstruction. For almost 50 years the Francis Scott Key Bridge provided a vital point of connection across the Baltimore Harbor, carrying commuter…

Alvernia University, Pottsville Towne Campus presents The Schuylkill Navigation Canal System by Mike Szilagyi, AICP, author and historianWednesday, January 29, 2025, 6:00 – 7:30 pm The Schuylkill Navigation is the 108 mile long chain of dams and canals that brought literally millions of tons of anthracite coal down from Schuylkill County to tidewater at Philadelphia.…

Zoom talk presented bySociety for Industrial ArcheologyJanuary 16, 2025, 5 p.m. Eastern (US & Canada) This talk will explore the long process of deindustrialization at Bethlehem Steel’s Bethlehem Steel’s flagship mill as experienced by the last generation of Bethlehem, PA steelworkers. Workers entering the mill in the 1960s and early 1970s walked into what they…

Pennsylvania Railroad Historical and Technical SocietyTopic: Philadelphia Chapter MeetingTime: Dec 7, 2024 10:45 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) The Philadelphia Chapter will be conducting this meeting, in-person, at the Drexel Hill United Methodist Church (600 Burmont Road / Drexel Hill, PA  19026).  The meeting will be simulcast on the Zoom meeting service (Zoom invitation…