Category: Chapter News and Events

The Oliver Evans Chapter presentsA virtual Zoom presentation by Joel Spivak, OE Acting PresidentWednesday, June 29, 2022  7 pm Joel Spivak’s Power point presentation brings together two of his favorite subjects, Railroads and Worlds Fairs and Expositions. See how the railroad was presented to the public at the 1851 “Great Exhibition of the Works of…

Saturday, April 9, 2022, 18 OE Chapter members visited the center and were treated to a thorough presentation on work at the lab and on material recovered from the excavations along I-95.  There are a number of exhibit cases displaying artifacts representing previous houses and factories in the area.  The Penn Treaty Museum is housed…

Presented by the Friends of Northeast Philadelphia History Saturday, April 30, 202210:00am to 3:00pm Free admission, All are Welcome  There will be over thirty presenters – local historical societies, historical organizations, museums, authors, and others – offering displays and a wide range of historical books, photos, maps, prints, and memorabilia. And there will be two…

Society for Industrial ArcheologyOliver Evans Chapterpresents Guided Tour of AECOM’s I-95 Archaeology Center – Indigenous Ancestors, Immigrants and Industry DATE: Saturday, April 9, 2022 TIME: 1:30 PM Located just north of Center City Philadelphia in the popular Fishtown neighborhood, the I-95 Archaeology Center is the temporary working laboratory and public-outreach venue for AECOM’s ongoing I-95 Girard Avenue…

Society for Industrial ArcheologyOliver Evans ChapterPresents Guided Tour of AECOM’s I-95 Archaeology Center –Indigenous Ancestors, Immigrants and Industry  Saturday, January 29, 2022  TIME: 10 AM Located just north of Center City Philadelphia in the popular Fishtown neighborhood, the I-95 Archaeology Center is the temporary working laboratory and public-outreach venue for AECOM’s ongoing I-95 Girard Avenue…

The Oliver Evans Chapter presentsA virtual presentation by Ron Hoess, OE Chapter MemberTuesday, January 11, 2022  6:30pm Over the last 7 years I have been constructing what is referred to as a prototype train layout, meaning a layout that represents a very specific time and place. The layout is set in North Philadelphia circa 1958…

Save the Date The Oliver Evans Chapter presents More than just trains…homage to “workshop of the world”A virtual presentation by Ron Hoess, OE Chapter MemberTuesday, January 11, 2022  6:30pm The Zoom link for the program will be sent at a date closer to the time of the presentation Over the last 7 years I have…

The Oliver Evans Chapter presents“The Industrial and Neighborhood History around Matthias Baldwin Park” A talk by Joe Walsh, vice president of the Friends of Matthias Baldwin Park Tuesday, December 14, 2021 6:30- 8:30 Matthias Baldwin Park is a two-acre Philadelphia city park at 423 North 19th Street. Formerly the area was filled with machine shops, foundries,…

The Oliver Evans Chapter presents“The Industrial and Neighborhood History around Matthias Baldwin Park”A talk by Joe Walsh, vice president of the Friends of Matthias Baldwin Park  Tuesday, December 14, 2021 6:30 – 8:30 Matthias Baldwin Park is a two-acre Philadelphia city park at 423 North 19th Street. The Friends post a monthly hyperlocal history article…

An Oliver Evans Chapter Program presented by Joel Spivak Wednesday, June 2, 2021 7:00 – 8:30 Philadelphia, “the workshop of the world,” produced locomotives, railcars, interiors, wheels, and tracks. Some of the earliest railroads in the country operated in Philadelphia and left a legacy of treasures around the city. Take a virtual tour and hear…