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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MEET THE EXPERT: SLATE SPLITTING
Saturday, September 15th at 11am For many years, Lehigh and Northampton Counties dominated slate production in the United States. Among many products, slate for…
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Capturing “Jove’s Autograph”: Late Nineteenth-Century Lightning Photography and Electrical Agency
Laura Turner Igoe Harvard Art Museums http://journalpanorama.org/capturing-joves-autograph-late-nineteenth-century-lightning-photography-and-electrical-agency/ Click to access LTI_Capturing-Jove.pdf A thorough, engaging review of photographic techniques in documenting lightning and its developments focusing on…
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Hot Off the Press: Printing and Papermaking
Open now through October 31 The National Museum of Industrial History’s (NMIH) latest exhibit, Hot Off the Press: Printing and Papermaking, a hands-on look at…
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New Source of Railroad photos
Member Adam Levine shares this information on a project of his involving about a year of scanning, editing, and cataloging glass plates ranging from 4×5…
● About US
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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