The Society for Industrial Archeology.

OLIVER EVANS CHAPTER

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  • Joseph Brinton’s ‘Celebrated’ Serpentine Stone: How A Chester County Stone Became a Multi-Regional Gilded Age Fad A presentation by Anne E. Krulikowski, PhD Join us as Anne Krulikowski explores the craze for green building stone that spanned America’s Gilded Age, when the Brinton quarry south of West Chester became the…

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  • Steam engine restoration

    Sunday, July 16th at 3:30pm Two giant stationary steam engines, one in Bethlehem, PA, and another half an hour away in Phillipsburg, NJ, are now…

  • Tour of Philly (formerly Akers) Shipyard

    The shipyard is currently building a series of eight MT-50 class product tankers. The 183 m long, 50,000 deadweight vessels are designed to carry a…

  • Exhibition Tour

    Date: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Location: Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 219 S. 6th Street, Philadelphia Time: 6:00 p.m. Cost: Free, but space is limited and open…

  • SIA—Oliver Evans Chapter Gallery

      To view other Society images visit the Gallery page of our new web site which is nearing completion at the following link: https://siaoliverevans.wordpress.com/gallery/

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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