The Society for Industrial Archeology.
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On Thursday, November 20th, chapter members had a tour of the exhibit, “And Let Victory Tell the Rest: 250 Years of Shipbuilding in Greater Philadelphia,” at the American Swedish Historical Museum. The exhibit is on display until January 4, 2026. Chapter member Mary Anne Eves, arranged the tour and prepared…
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Society for Industrial Archeology
49th Annual Conference August 23-27, 2021 Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania The Anthracite Heritage Museum, National Museum of Industrial History (NMIH), and the National Canal Museum, a…
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The Sun Queen and the Skeptic: Building the World’s First Solar Houses
In the mid-20th century, colleagues-turned-rivals Maria Telkes and Hoyt Hottel engineered new ways of heating American homes. An article from Distillations, produced by The Science…
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The Lehigh Navigation: How a Waterway Changed the Nation
Martha Capwell Fox A presentation of the Pennsylvania Canal Society Tuesday June 15, 2021 7:00 – 8:00 PM (30 minutes of presentation followed by 30…
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Abandoned canals of the Schuylkill navigation
Tue, June 8, 202112:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT A talk by Sandy Sorlienpresented by The Athenaeum of Philadelphia A Philadelphia native and longtime Manayunk…
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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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