OLIVER EVANS CHAPTER

Author: Muriel K, Veep

  • SS United States leaves Philadelphia

    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…

  • Reconstructing the Story of the Key Bridge

    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…

  • The Schuylkill Navigation Canal System

    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.…

  • Bethlehem Steelworkers: Reshaping the Industrial Working Class

    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…

  • Library Resources Program

    December 11, 2024, Free Library of Philadelphia We are sorry to announce the program has been postponed due to limited response. We plan to present the program in the spring when there will be more time to attract people to come join us.

  • Pennsylvania Railroad Historical and Technical Society Chapter Meeting

    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…

  • Library resources on Philadelphia Industry and other topics

    Wednesday, December 11th, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Come share stories of Philadelphia industry, manufacturing, city planning and development. This month, experience research within the library for a tour of Government Publications and the Newspapers and Microfilm Center. Materials from both collections will be on hand for browsing and discussion. We will be meeting on the…

  • Historical Photos of Northeast Philadelphia

    Friends of Northeast Philadelphia HistoryHistorical Photos of Northeast PhiladelphiaSpeaker:   Lou Lescas, Local HistorianHybrid In-person & Zoom An amazing array of photos from 1926-1954, nearly thrown away, have now been preserved and scanned. Local amateur historian Lou Lescas, who for the last year has diligently corrected and posted these images through the Athenaeum of Philadelphia,…

  • From Coughdrops to Candy Bars

    The inventor of the 5th Avenue candy bar was William H. Luden, the developer of the famous Luden cough drop. Luden launched a backroom candy business in 1879 in the rear of his father’s jewelry shop in Reading, Berks County. In 1936, William Luden created the 5th Avenue candy bar. Its name can be traced…

  • Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama

    Iron and Steel Heritage Forum Talk: Sloss Furnaces: Finding Identity and Staying Relevant in the 21st Century The next monthly talk from the Iron and Steel Heritage Forum is happening on Wednesday, Oct 9th at 5pm. For those of you in other time zones, the starting times are: Newfoundland 6:30 pmEastern 5 pmCentral 4 pmMountain 3…