OLIVER EVANS CHAPTER

Category: Chapter News and Events

  • Save the Date

    PROGRAM, ANNUAL MEETING & PICNIC Monday, September 25 Engineering Philadelphia: The Sellers Family and the Industrial Metropolis When Philadelphia was the Workshop to the World, the Sellers family numbered among the city’s leading industrial families, developing canals and railroads and manufacturing goods ranging from textiles to steel frames for bridges and skyscrapers. But as Philadelphia…

  • 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 variety and liquids from crude oil to chemicals  Society for Industrial Archeology Oliver Evans Chapter  presents TOUR OF PHILLY SHIPYARD  DATE: Friday, July 14, 2017                             TIME: 10 AM This tour has been…

  • 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/

  • Annual Dinner

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  • Jane Mork Gibson, 1923-2016

    OBITUARY Jane Mork Gibson, 1923-2016 Jane Mork Gibson was a founding member of the Oliver Evans Chapter and worked diligently to promote the SIA mission concerning the industrial heritage of the Delaware Valley. She left the area to be closer to family, but she sorely missed her friends and colleagues in Philadelphia who will continue to…

  • Annual Wright Stuff Film Fest

    27th Annual Wright Stuff Film Fest (Resumed after a 2-year hiatus) Monday, December 5, 2016 Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center Martha Capwell Fox, Archives & Museum Coordinator Martha Capwell Fox is in charge of maintaining the Museum’s collection of photographs, artifacts, books, films and videos, and historic documents. She creates and installs exhibits for the…

  • Lecture: Palazzos of Power

    Palazzos of Power: Central Stations of the Philadelphia Electric Company, 1900-1930: A Lecture and Book Signing Wednesday, November 2, 2016 Lecture 6:00-7:00 p.m., Reception & book signing 7:00-8:00 p.m Center for Architecture + Design, 1218 Arch Street, Philadelphia Featuring author Aaron V. Wunsch and photographer Joseph E. B. Elliott “If it isn’t Electric, it isn’t…