Category: Other News and Events

Thursday, September 21 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time (US & Canada). Members of the SIA are invited to join Inland Waterways International for its World Canals Conference 2023 Online. The session focuses on restoration of canal structures and channels and features Joe Reed, Civil Engineer with the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and Mike Palmer, Chair…

Delaware River Greenway Partnershippresents A Cruise through History on the Delaware River September 21, 2023 at 7:30 pm Part of our Heritage Lecture Series, Gary Letcher, author of Paddlers’ Guide to the Delaware River takes us on an illustrative tour through history on and along our beautiful river. Beginning with various craft, and their pilots,…

Here is the link for the required registration for Wednesday’s talk. Further down on the library page is the listing for the August typewriter presentation which also has a link for registration. https://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/event/115849

FREE VIRTUAL PROGRAM Wednesday, June 7, 2023 Time:  6-7pm Join us to hear from engineer Blaise Blabac, who is involved in preserving a Roebling suspension bridge in Kingston, NY. Blaise will tell us about the big project to polish this hidden gem– with a new deck, guide rails, sidewalks, railings, and suspender cables, it is…

a lecture by Adam Levine When a city is built along a river—and Philadelphia is wedged between two, the Schuylkill and the Delaware—floods are an inevitable occurrence, with sometimes tragic consequences. In this illustrated talk, environmental historian Adam Levine will talk about some of the worst floods ever to hit Philadelphia, beginning in the early…

Tuesday, March 21st at 7:00 pm a Zoom presentation A Virtual Illustrated Presentation By Paul W. Schopp A Delaware River Heritage Lecture Sponsored by the Delaware River Greenway Partnership (DRGP) Please click here to register at the DRGP’s website. The Upper Delaware River, extending from Market Street, Philadelphia, to the head of navigation at Trenton,…

Zitner’s, the Philadelphia candy company known for their signature chocolate-covered eggs, turns 100 this year, and it’s still churning out ovoidal confections filled with coconut, buttercream, peanut butter, and its signature “Butter Krak” concoction. The local treats were born when a couple, Sam and Anne Zitner, began making and selling candy eggs at their home…

Bryan Kravitz, a friend of Joel Spivak’s,  is passionate about typewriters. He has established a workshop with machines and tools for restoring them. Shortly you will see a notice here about a tour of his workshop on March 11, 2023. Bryan was tapped by the Literature Department at Parkway Central Library to present an 8…

UPCOMING TALK by Ned Drinker, local Navigator: DESCRIPTION: “Finding Conshohocken” is a two-hour slide show exploration of the history of Conshohocken from William Penn to the present including the Schuylkill Navigation, iron and steel, J Ellwood Lee, Woodmont and redevelopment. WHEN: Monday, January 30th 5:30 – 7:30 PM WHERE: Conshohocken Free Library, Community Room (downstairs),…

An interesting piece from the online site Atlas Obscura. Accuracy not assured. “Hanover, and a few counties surrounding it, is the biggest producer of America’s favorite guilty pleasures. More potato chips (and pretzels, candy, ice cream, and chocolate) are produced over these few counties than anywhere else on Earth.”