The Society for Industrial Archeology.
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Bucks County Trolley Lines In person presentation by Mike Szilagyi, AICP, author and historianWednesday, September 9, 2025, 6:00 – 7:30 pm Here is the link for people unable to attend in person: https://freelibrary-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jzRAHDU2To2gpnczTJNUDg Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was once served by 120 miles of trolley lines. During the decades spanning the 1890s…
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A History of Philadelphia Manufacturing in 63 objects
An illustrated lecture by Peter WoodallJune 12, 2024 6 pm If you were trying to sum up Philadelphia’s history as the “Workshop of the World”…
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The Philadelphia Navy Yard: Mainstay of the Fleet, 1801-1995 (Virtual)
A presentation by the Chester County History Center May 21, 2024 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. EDT About this talk:The Philadelphia Navy Yard was one of five…
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The History of the Bar Code
Gavin WeightmanSmithsonian Magazine, September 23, 201 Two Drexel University graduates came up with the idea for the bar code and obtained a patent for it…
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Eastwick Family Letters
Eastwick Family Letters at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania During the rise of the Transportation Revolution in the 1830s and 1840s, Russia sought to improve…
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The SIA’s emphasis on archeology reflects a concern for the tangible evidence of early industry. Our mission is the study, interpretation, and preservation of the surviving factories, machinery, bridges, canals, industrial communities and artifacts that are historically significant.
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