OLIVER EVANS CHAPTER

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  • SS United States leaves Philadelphia

    February 19, 2025 An article in The Inquirer today included a video on YouTube of the departure of the ship. It is 3-hours long but there are several highlights mentioned here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4RdLLURpLQ At 1 hour and 12 minutes the ship has been pulled out of its docking space and the tugboats are taking their positions…

  • Reconstructing the Story of the Key Bridge

    Baltimore Museum of Industry Presents FREE Zoom program Tuesday, January 28th 7:00-8:00 PM You’re invited to a live, virtual presentation on the history of the Key Bridge and the latest news regarding its reconstruction. For almost 50 years the Francis Scott Key Bridge provided a vital point of connection across the Baltimore Harbor, carrying commuter…

  • The Schuylkill Navigation Canal System

    Alvernia University, Pottsville Towne Campus presents The Schuylkill Navigation Canal System by Mike Szilagyi, AICP, author and historianWednesday, January 29, 2025, 6:00 – 7:30 pm The Schuylkill Navigation is the 108 mile long chain of dams and canals that brought literally millions of tons of anthracite coal down from Schuylkill County to tidewater at Philadelphia.…

  • Bethlehem Steelworkers: Reshaping the Industrial Working Class

    Zoom talk presented bySociety for Industrial ArcheologyJanuary 16, 2025, 5 p.m. Eastern (US & Canada) This talk will explore the long process of deindustrialization at Bethlehem Steel’s Bethlehem Steel’s flagship mill as experienced by the last generation of Bethlehem, PA steelworkers. Workers entering the mill in the 1960s and early 1970s walked into what they…

  • Pennsylvania Railroad Historical and Technical Society Chapter Meeting

    Pennsylvania Railroad Historical and Technical SocietyTopic: Philadelphia Chapter MeetingTime: Dec 7, 2024 10:45 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) The Philadelphia Chapter will be conducting this meeting, in-person, at the Drexel Hill United Methodist Church (600 Burmont Road / Drexel Hill, PA  19026).  The meeting will be simulcast on the Zoom meeting service (Zoom invitation…

  • Historical Photos of Northeast Philadelphia

    Friends of Northeast Philadelphia HistoryHistorical Photos of Northeast PhiladelphiaSpeaker:   Lou Lescas, Local HistorianHybrid In-person & Zoom An amazing array of photos from 1926-1954, nearly thrown away, have now been preserved and scanned. Local amateur historian Lou Lescas, who for the last year has diligently corrected and posted these images through the Athenaeum of Philadelphia,…

  • From Coughdrops to Candy Bars

    The inventor of the 5th Avenue candy bar was William H. Luden, the developer of the famous Luden cough drop. Luden launched a backroom candy business in 1879 in the rear of his father’s jewelry shop in Reading, Berks County. In 1936, William Luden created the 5th Avenue candy bar. Its name can be traced…

  • Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama

    Iron and Steel Heritage Forum Talk: Sloss Furnaces: Finding Identity and Staying Relevant in the 21st Century The next monthly talk from the Iron and Steel Heritage Forum is happening on Wednesday, Oct 9th at 5pm. For those of you in other time zones, the starting times are: Newfoundland 6:30 pmEastern 5 pmCentral 4 pmMountain 3…

  • The PRR in Lambertville, New Jersey

    Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society The Philadelphia ChapterSaturday, September 21, 2024(Meeting will be held in person and also simulcast on ZOOM) Meeting ItineraryDoors Open (10am / Magazine Super Sale / Vendor Setup)Modelers Meeting (11am to 12pm) Modeling the PRR in Lambertville, New JerseyDining Car (12pm to 1pm / Lunch Service available for purchase)Business Meeting…

  • Lost Delaware River Bridges

    Join us on October 16th at 7:30 PM as Scott Bomboy takes us on a virtual tour of the lost covered bridges of the Delaware River.  The Delaware River in Bucks County was one of the birthplaces of covered bridge building in America. But the last wooden structure spanning the river was demolished in 1945.…