The Society for Industrial Archeology.
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Firstival: First Paper Maker in America: 1690Saturday, June 27, 11am-1pmRittenhouseTown, Philadelphia We take paper for granted now. But in the late 1600s, when Pennsylvania’s founder William Penn recruited German papermaker and preacher William Rittenhouse to manufacture the writing parchment in the New World, paper was a luxury. Rittenhouse started a…
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Philadelphia’s Hog Island Shipyard: History, Impact and Legacy
Monday, February 5, 2018, speaker, Jim Rubillo Hog Island is the historic name of an area southeast of Tinicum Township along the Delaware River, to…
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World’s Weirdest and Most Amazing Bridges
By Stephanie Valera November 01 2016 05:45 PM EDT Weather.com Bridges are some of the world’s most magnificent marvels of engineering, connecting cities and even…
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Annual Dinner & Program, Friday, January 19, 2018
Main Line Airport An Illustrated Lecture by Roger D. Thorne, Board Chairman, Tredyffrin-Easttown Historical Society The Great Valley of Chester County, PA, once an agricultural…
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John Grass Wood-turning shop comes to sad end
Christopher Storb in his blog, In Proportion to the Trouble, has provided a final look at this location that was researched by chapter members Jane…
● 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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