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A Virtual presentation from the National Museum of Industrial History JANUARY 23 @ 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM While the rise and fall of Bethlehem Steel is well-documented, the Corporation’s global impact particularly from places where they sourced raw materials is less well-known. From 1913 until 1971, the Bethlehem Steel Corporation operated iron mines in Chile, shipping…

Below is the link to register. There are a limited number of participants so register early. https://www.eventkeeper.com/code/ekform.cfm?curOrg=LMLS&curID=475087

Join the Roebling Museum for a virtual lecture about the first place John A. Roebling tested his wire rope, the Allegheny Portage Railroad! Thu, November 19, 20201:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST Be virtually transported to another important Roebling historic site! The Allegheny Portage Railroad was the first railroad to circumvent the Allegheny Mountains and…

THE EARLIEST FILM FROM THE CINECRAFT ARCHIVE From the collection at Hagley Last month, we brought you a “lost” silent film found in the Cinecraft collection called “The Heart of Cleveland.” That film from 1925 pre-dated the founding of Cinecraft in 1937 so it wasn’t something the company produced. How it came to be part…

thursday, october 15 @ 7pm (online) A presentation by Adam Levine For almost 100 years the Roxborough Pumping Station, just above the Flat Rock Dam, was a landmark on the Schuylkill River, pumping water into two reservoirs on high ground to serve the city’s northwestern section. In this illustrated talk, Adam Levine, historian for Philadelphia Water,…

A Civil War Round Table with Bernard Kempinski August 26, 2020 6:00 pm This is a zoom webinar hosted by the Legacy Foundation of the Union League In the two decades before the start of the Civil War the railroads of the United States underwent a period of amazing growth and technological development. Nonetheless, railroads…

The Lower Merion Conservancy is hosting a virtual presentation by Oliver Evans chapter member Bob Thomas. Thursday, June 25th 7:00 p.m. Free The Conservancy is delighted to host Bob Thomas – architect, preservationist, greenway planner, and avid cyclist – for a lecture event about Philadelphia’s historic cycling culture. The lecture, which will touch on the…

Here are the past presentations done at the museum that were recorded to view on line. The link below goes to the page where they may be viewed. –How It Works: Blast Furnaces –The Snow Corliss Engine at NMIH –Chief Engineer – Washington Roebling – The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge –Building with Steel…