Category: Other News and Events

An Oliver Evans chapter member become aware of this auction which features some model railroad paraphernalia and thought some of our railroaders might be interested. The link features images of the items available in the photo gallery and also in the lot listings. The auction site recommends checking back as they will be adding more…

Thur July 21st 5:30pm – 7:30pm National Iron and Steel Heritage Museum, 50 S 1st Ave, Coatesville, PA 19320 Celebrate the life and times of Rebecca Lukens, American’s first female industrialist, and her descendants. Although by far not the only woman who managed iron furnaces in the 19th century, Rebecca was the only documented woman…

Across the Continent. “Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way”, 1868,Frances Flora Bond Palmer, published by Currier & Ives The Grolier Club in New York City has an exhibition “Travelers, Tracks and Tycoons: The Railroad in American Legend and Life” on display through July 30, 2022. The exhibition is from the very extensive Barriger Railroad Collection of…

Center of American  Shipbuilding, Civil War to WWI Thursday, June 30th, 2022 2 p.m. West Deptford Free Public Library Join us at the West Deptford Free Public Library for a lecture presented by Peter Walzer.  Mr. Walzer holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marine Engineering from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Mr. Walzer was a…

Chapter Meeting – June 25, 2022 @1:00PM The Philadelphia Chapter will be holding the June 25, 2022 meeting in-person at Drexel Hill United Methodist Church (600 Burmont Road / Drexel Hill, PA 19026). The meeting will be simulcast on the Zoom meeting service. Business Meeting 1-2PMFilm Presentation 2PM The film is the 1957 production TRAINS…

How did Roebling help build the New York State Pavilion? June 16, 2022 at 6pm Did you know that the iconic NY State Pavilion at the NY World’s Fair was made using Roebling Wire Rope? Salmaan Khan and Aaron Asis of People for the Pavilion will be joined by Justin Rivers of Untapped Cities to…

Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 7:00 – 8:00 pm E.S.T. Join us to ride the rails (via webinar) and learn about the East Broad Top Railroad (Rockhill Furnace, Huntingdon County). Once called “the dormant gem of railway preservation,” the EBT RR is a rare narrow-gauge railway and time capsule of industrial technology. After many years of…

A Webinar Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Fairmount Water Works Thursday, May 12, 2022 12:00pm – 1:00pm The Fairmount Water Works are one of Philadelphia’s most iconic sites, yet the least understood by locals. It’s even harder for out of towners to comprehend its significance when you tell them “you MUST visit our old municipal water…

The Preservation Alliance For Greater Philadelphiapresents A Special Architecture Walking Tour The Wayne Junction Historic District, bordering lower Germantown and upper Nicetown, was once a bustling Philadelphia industrial center known as “Workshop of the World.” In the later decades of the 1900s, Wayne Junction experienced disinvestment and decline as manufacturing moved elsewhere, leaving many of…

C.C. Sunderland and innovations in 20th century bridge construction April 6, 2022 6pm Join us as Dario Gasparini shares his research into construction technologies for suspension bridges with a focus on C. C. Sunderland, Chief Engineer for the John A. Roebling Son’s Company. He will discuss construction of suspension bridge cables, the development of new…