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Volume 3 1 Summer-Fall 2002 N umbers 3-4

BROOKLYN Review of the 31st Annual Conference

N early 300 SIAers gathered in Brooklyn for the 31 st Annu.1l Confcret,ce from June 6 m 10. T his was a mcmornblc conference from man1• points of view. The org,1nizing committee made up of Rocbling

Ch,1pter members worked hard to nvercomc che chnllenges posed by what had happened c1cross the East River on Sept. I. I , and they <l id it with grem aplomb. Brooklyn has a lot of great I.A ! Just start with the Brooklyn Bridge, perhaps America's mosr s1•mbolic piece of IA, :md work your way through ,ill (lf the ocher mnsterpicce bridges. Then there is the Brooklyn wmerfronr, best ~ccn from the water, and we had at least two opportunities to cruise on the harbor. Add in steam, trains, and the mnm1faccure ,,fa vmiety of goods from pianos tti sug;ir, excellent paper sessions, and good fooJ, and, well, it was nn SI.A conference in the best tradition.

Upon checking in at the confe rence hotel, the Marriott, a few blocks from the BrMklyn Bridge, each regis­trant received a handsomely pro­duced industrial guide­book, Brooklyn, East of the River, South of the S011ncl, edited b y

the SIA's own Ann Dichtcr, M,1ry Habsrricr, nnd Jlastin Spivey, and desig1'lcd hy Joe Macasck. In addition 10 the L1sut1I. goodies ( transit maps, MetroCards, posrcarJs, etc.), we nil received a copy of Michael Robbins and Wendy Palitz's, Brooklyn: A Scace of Mind (Workman Pub., 2001 ), a C(1llection of stories :oi.bout Brooklyn people, places, nnd hiscory. Author Michael Robbins, a charter member of the SIA, was our guest spenkcr at the elegant Brooklyn Borough Hall, huilt in 1848 in the Greek Revival style, for the Thursday cvl'!ning opening reception. He gave us his cake on Brooklyn as the hig city with a sm,111-town attitude reflected in ics numerous neighborhoods .md industries. Borough President Mnrty Markowitz emhusiastically welcomed rhc SIA m Brooklyn.

The SIA cried w nwrhing r1cw this year and held an all-day pre· conference cuntinuing-educarion course on TI'lursday. Organized by SIA Director Bob Kapsch, Oil{ital Recording Strategies for

Historic S1rucr11res offered a look ar starc-of-thc­arc use of digiral technologies,

from cameras to CAD model·

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SlAcrs 'ride' the Carrol! St. Bridge, built in 1888-89. T he retractile bridge slides hori.:ontally on mils along a diagonal patli to clear the channel of the Gowam1s Canal.

Published by the Society fo.- lndustrinl Archcolol,(y Department of Social Sciences, Mich igan Tt!chnlllogical U niversity, Houghton, Michil-!jn 4993 1-1295

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ing. The ~ession drew ::ibouc 40 registrnncs, many of chem members of che American Institute of Archicects (AIA), who received concinuing-educntion credit. The goal of the pilot session was, in part, to draw a new audi , ence to SIA programs and fulfill a goal set our during the \'(//tither IA retreat ISIAN, Summer­Fall 200L). The SIA board will be evaluating the session and considering wherher to offer similar programs in the future.

Thursda)•'s offerings included a choice of three tours-Gowanus Canal, Cast Iron Studios, or My Bmoklyn. The Gowanus Canal boat rour began at the Fulton Ferry Landing with complementary ice cream (yummy!) from the Brooklyn lee Cream Factory, :., shop in the 1926 fireboat house. The group boarded the SlA members appreciate Brooklyn's Acadia Cemetery in a different way after touring nearby Chelsea Screamer, a bright-yellow, open-air stone-cutting shops. An elevated train rt1mblcs by, but in Brooklyn that ,11011't u,ake the dead. cruise boat with a shallow-enough draft to

negotiate the 5-ft.-deep canal. The tour, led b\' George Bulow [SIA], offered our first introduction to the Brooklyn waterfront and its distinctive I 9th-c. brick warehouses, which were the subject of n paper session on Saturda)'. Passing through the Buttermilk Channel (between Brooklyn and Governors Island) and rounding the Red Hook Terminals, the cruise ship entered the Gowanus Canal. Today the canal is chiefly interest• ing for its several movable bridges and n few remaining canal-side operations handling fuel oil, stone, and other building materials. The Gowan us has a distinguished history, dating back to the 1660s when Dutch seeders c.in,,lizc<l the Gowanus C reek. It was improved in the mid-19rh-c. arid by the 1880s, dozens of firms handling grain, hay, oil, fert ilizers, and other bulk goods had locat· cd along it. The mile-long canal reaches deep into the heart of

Th1: SIA Newsleue1 i~ publisheJ quarti:rly hy the Soc1ct) for lnJumiril Archeology. Ir is sent to SIA members, who ulsu receive thc Sodcry's Journnl, IA, published bi:mnut1lly. The SIA thruugh it~ puhlicatlon~. coaforcnce~. rours, and project:. encourages the study, intcrprctntlon, nnd preservarlon of historical ly significant ln<lu~trial sites, scrucrure~. artlfucrs, uml rechnology. By providinf'.? 11 forum for the discussion nnJ exchange of informi1rion, the Sociery ,1Jvanccs an mvnreness nm.I apprcclacion of che value of prc,,crvlng our inJumial hcrlt<1gc. Annunl membership: individual $35; couple $40; full-time student $20; insri­tutlomil $50; contriburlng $ 75; ~ustuining $ I 25; corporate $500. Fm members outside of North Amcrlc:1, ndd $10 surfoc1:-mniling fee. Send check or money order payable in U.S. funds co che Society (or Industrial Archcolo~y to SIA-I-IQ, Oept. of Social Sciences, Mich11?an Tt.'Chnolog1cal University, 1400 Town,cni.l Drive, Houghton, Ml 49931-1295; (906) 487-1889; e-mai l: S/A@mcu.edtt; Web site: w111w.sia-111cb.org.

M,1iling dare for Vol. 3 L. 3-4 (Summer-Fall 2002), S.:pl. 2002. If you haw 1101 received tm 18Su1:, apply m SJA,HQ (fu.ldress nbov.:) for u n:ph1cemem copy.

The SIA News/ccrcr welcome~ mnrerinl and com:~ponJcncc from mem• ber~. c,pecinlly in the form nf copy ulre11dy diilt:Stt:d and written! TI,e usefulness nnd timeliness of the ncw~lecrer depend~ on you, rht: render, as an impommt SC1urcc of infonnaclon 11nd opinion.

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Brooklyn and had a significant impact on the borough's industrial development.

The Cast Iron Studios tour was the fim of many where partici­pants used their MetroCards to rnke mass transit. The: group vis­ited the Manhattan studio of Shu Ii Sade [SIA] in a fonner electri­cal manufacturer's building. The artist displayed her rhocography of industrial and engineering sites. Participants were then treated to a walking tour of the cast-iron buildings (magnets out!) in the Soho Case-Iron an<l Tribeca East Historic Districts, followed by a ~top ar the 1867 building owned by General Tools. There, refresh­ments were served and General Tools President Gerry Weinstein [SIA] exhibited his collection of model steam engines and an 0-scnle mcxicl of the :-.JY Central RR.

Estelle Haferling, born-and-bred in Brooklyn, led a walking tour that offered a personal glimpse into gmwing up in the neigh­borhoods of DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass), Vinegar Hill, and Will iamsburg amongst the sights and SOllnds of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, warehnuscs, and elevated rail­ronds. SJAcrs had time to enjoy the industrial architecture ~md get .i sense of the waterfront's heyday.

Friday was a full dny of touring as conferees spread out across

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SIA paparatti in the streets 11[ Brooklyn. The star? The Manha1tan Bridge, of course.

Society for /ndttsnial Archeology Newsleuer, Vol.31, Nos. 3-4, 2002

Rendez -vous in Montreal! SIA 32nd Annual Conference May 29-June I

The Association qucbccoise pour le patrimoine indllstriel (AQPI) and the Cirnadian Ra il way Historic.ii Association (ACHF/CRHA), co-organizers of the SIA 32nd Annual Conference, invite you co a rendez-vous in Montreal from May 29 co June I.

Montreal's industrial infrastructure began to flourish after

Canal is on the itinerary for SIA 32nd Annual Conference.

the 1850s, bur its origins <late tQ

the first decades of the 19th c., when its privileged locatit)1'l at the center of a transportation network led rn che establishment of several manufacturing sectors. The city's induscrial herirngc includes railways and porrs, bridges, canals, power planes, nmncls, viaducts, and the metro, as well as factories for textiles, food, rolling stock, and iron and steel pmducrs. Guided tours of O ld Montreal, the Lachinc Canal, d1e porr, as well as various residential, commercial, and indumial neighborhoods, will emphasize the cvolu tio11 and diversity of the city's industrial heritage. Visits to industrial sites in nearby regions--such as the South Shore, the Eastern Townships, ,md the Mauricie-

T/11: CanCidian Railway Historical Assn., conference co-host, will sl101v off its collections to the SIA, including Locomotive #713, seen here at BarringtQn Station.

are also being considered. Paper presentations may be given in French or English, as

simultaneous translation wi ll be offert.-d in mosc sessions. Genernl information will be updated regularly on rhe SIA

Web site (www.sia-web.ol'g) , and members will receive a regis­tration form in early 2003.

General Info: James Bouchard, (5l4) 251 -5 148; fax 251 -5 L 2 6; jcmwsb@aei.ca •

CALL FOR PAPERS-PROPOSALS REQUESTED BY NOVEMBER 151H

You arc invited to submit n propos:,l for the paper sessions on Sar., May 31. The ccmforence theme is "A Continental and Trnns-Ocennic Turntable, I 850-2000," and the fo llowing sub-themes have been identified: (I) mr,nufocturi ng for the continent, (2) factories nnd processes, (3) power, communica· rions, urilicics, ( 4) engineering works, and (5) development and operation of railway aml port ~ysten'ls. This theme, which is particularly npplicable m Monrreal, also applies to several ocher North American and European cities. Prop()S::tls for papers should be inspired by it or by similar topic~. and is~ues covered should address its wide and prov()C:lti ve conre.xc. Presentations on academic research and museogr.-iphic or ml1seological inrerprerarion models are welcome, and their approach can be based on industrial urcheology or reh,ted fields, such as humanities, architecture, or cngitwcrir1g. Papers can also be submitted for consideration of publication in IA, The Joumal of the Society fol' lndu.mial Archeology.

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With the recent re-opening of rhe L,1chine Canal to navi­gation, a session will be devoted w cun-ent projects in history, archeolog,, and inrerpretarion of this National Historic $ ice, as well as to its impact on local urban planning. A session on the bridges of Monrreal and irs vic:iniry may be offered under the auspices of the SIA's "20th Armunl Bridge Symposium."

Pr1;sentation Fonnacs; Individual presenrntions (20-25 min.) and panel discussiom (90 min. and three presenrntio,~s) are welcome.

Pro/JOsal Formats: Each proposal should include: ( I) the tide of the presencc1tion; (2) a summary of 250-300 words indicat, ing the major points, issues, and conclusion; (3 ) name, title, affili.-ition, address, telephone number, fax number, c,m::iil ,,ddress, and a brief biographical note on the spcnkcr(s); ( 4) a list of ,1udio-visual requirements: (5) for panel discussions, pro, pos;;ib should be ~ent together, accompm1ied by the discussion's title, theme, ,md purpose: (6) proposals may be submirccd in

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BROQKL'YN (crni,/nucd fm111 page,!,)

Hard-hQt•Qdorncd eonfeTees tuke in the uf,tmH.tt:h «f the Hruoklyn F3tidgc.

T\mnklyn nnd hQy1w1d to rnkc it"I an ,~ssortmtnt of irn..lustrhil Bite~, r"u!I covt:n1gt: of du: i:ighl tours would t;-1.k(' up for tno n111ch ink, ~1')

f.:..1llowing .1r~ :J fow hit,thligh~s i'·\t,; rc·ponC'd fmr1.'1 cn-:h. Th<! Hmnklyn :mJ It~ BriJgL'ii tnur w.1s jw,Li.fial::ilv Olll" of th('

,ont'~r~nce\, mu~t pupubr, with scvernl (I( the n:nlon's fnn~most hridge hi$tnrinn.~ cm luinJ L'o dlt'r curnmt'11tarv on stvtral of the nation'~ for~mrn;t hrid~1..·~. Tour h:ad1.:•rS r,..fory McCahon ,,nd Juio\rln Spivt~r fbt1rh SIAl Wi"irkcd cln~c!y with rhc NYC Dept. of Tr}m~rnrmtinn. The city'~ persomtd were 1mm gt.:11erom ln pro~ Viding nc.ct~s~ to rnimy 11f rh~ nc,1"1-rmh!ic .1rcnil of the rcnrnl'knble E~~r River hriJgc~. A highli!,lhl was inspeulnn Gf tht· mi:lci(.m!'y ,hamb,;r within dv: ;:ippr1..)i1d1 of d1('. B['ooklyn Bddgl~ (1869-1883 ). 111c group walked ahour the M,mhatta11 liridl:t: (1906, 1910) and the Witliam:;bur~ Bridi.:e (1895-1903). Tht'i' lunched m Prospect Pink nnd $1\\',' rhc Cldt:#ridge: Span { 1871-72). L(msid· N1..~d Arr11:nc~{~ flr~t r..:onr..:n:1:1: ,1n.:h hrklgl:.', Theo hriJg:t- emhusl~1i-rs t·i't·n "rode" 8 hridge, th~ Carroll St. n['idge1 rhc ri:1rin1"1'1, nld~st surviving rctr,1r.rik hrid,i.:c, huil~ in !8ti8r:iY ovr.:r Lhe Oow.inu:. CanaL

New York l bdx1r h::is an imprt:.~.~ivt: coHcct\on o( scat:omn fortl• tkations, dating frDm the \Xlm of 1812 ('U th~ Cukl Wat. Tl11.' Prme-cting the I k1rbor tour, lt~J by 1-1:rnl Hartc·:ak [SIA], c:xplomJ the cvolutior1 o( milirnrv engineering ll~ li.!~itmpli(i~J by in.:-;talb~ Lion~ in sDuth Brooklyn nnd SnH~n bland. F0rt Tilden, csrnh.-

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SIA toto· gmu.p p1m,:s atop the 1953 A;torict Power Station with th~ Hdl (Jate B'fidgc in the bnck.!,."l"Dlmd.

li*'ht::d In 1917 on rht! Eocbway l\minsL1L1, WH~ pm. of d1l.:! out:~r dl:'f!.:'n,oe of tht: hcirbnr d1,1ring the wmld w;.1rf:. Tht• forr h•D.r1m~:,, he:wy rcinfo1cc)d,cnncn.:r.c c.iscrncnt!-1 :md tndpt.:dne hou.,e~, H.'i well a1:l Nik1: mhi:lik lmm,h ;-;1l'.'~, phK~·~\ in th(;' '1950~. F(,rrt Wi1di'iwm:th on Sr.i.tcn lsL:1nd near the ;mchnrngc nf tlw Verrnz:rno~'Narrnw.~ Hrii.l.';'.c gu;mfo th!! cntrnn<.:I:;.' to \,1ppcr Nt:w Yi)rk b.ty, It lm::; b1:en thi: site of a fun sine!.': the \VJm of lRI l m1d ha~ d,1::;:,,ic feff(Ut\~.s. likr the clry i,rnot :•1-id i:t::itlrrics to carmre iiw~1der:'l in dci11Jly ~·.ro,o;dir,\ ~nd l'xtensive eanhworb tn prorcrt rh~~ mn.5onry wr1lb flg-ain.:1L mi:ilkry. The i;:n)up ,1lso vi.~itN-1 Floyd llcnnctt Field, considcrl'd t:hi.: dt:i:1 fir~l ~>(fii::t.:,l .:1lr tcnnin,i\. 1111.; N,:1.Lionc\l P,uk Sehk:e J.)tt:·

serves the 1931 co11tr(II tower :md frlll~::trs, wh1~re a 12nlknion of hiHol"ic nircraft ;:i.ri: und~rgoing comcrv~non.

The Extr0u1(' Ste-am mur went in ~,_.;.uch uf nruoklyn's rt::rn.:du, i1"1J'.:' steam c11gin~~ under the able guidance of Co11rad Mibtcr [~!Al. CtituaJ i:. hist,1rian And 1;:ngineer at tht Prntt lm,titutc Pow1.1r Plant, :·1.11 ASME b11dm~rk, Ch::1rk~~ Prmt, :rn oil h1.uon1 ~KLahlishcd dt(' Pratt ln~litul~ in 1S97 1:1~ i:1 ledu1llal school. The powN plnm hns IK,c:n )?.l~ncnEing dl:ctrkity for Pr.m's fodlides i:vt:r :-;inci: anJ i~ llll optulin~ lnu:-11:rnn, wirh L't11i:inc.:-~trn.:r:1tur~ rn1d lmil~r!> d,1~ing mostly fo@ tht fir;t dt(Udt'~ of d:i.:· 20th ~. Ext1·cmc: :-reamer~ i111,1,cctcd the powe:rhou:1c of Ca:;i::.o.de Laundry rn view its twu,,;ylirn:ler Skinrn:r v(·nkal Ln;,fl.-,w eng-ine anJ P.S. 157 (Franklin School) ro view a ca. 1907 LVi.'.!'.ii'r\it~g incnm cngin~, until n:ct:ndy u~cd ltl Jrivt: \'t:llLibting fam, Domino Suwu h;.1~ becn ,1 mmh Bm1.:,klt'n hmdtu:nk sitil.'.l' 1884. TI1e rc!in­er~, .'>tO('JlCLl proci:~~ini; rnw :-;u)~l:lr in the 1970,,; :mJ now rct:civcs lk1uill su1-;::1r for firn1l prm.·e~sing ~md pm:kuging from 1,1lh<:r pLmt~, inch1ding l)nrninn\ faciliry in Hall.imlm': (tour ~il"t:---Anrn1al

Conii:rcm:c 1995). lt µi:nttr~Ltt':; ~mm: of its ow11 powi::r u~in;~ ,t,rt:n·· t.~rnror.,:. nnd hnik(.~, mn~rly tfating frc,m rhr I 950~ nnd J;m~.r, thm1~h mnch 1nru,19th,·c. e41ilpment', now Lmmed, nnm1ins cm ,;ite.

Ab}lit 7,CI S!Acrs rr,wi~k·d hy mini,hn~ tom.~ ncrivfti~ .. ~ ,1r r1 series nf small 1n,1n11facturini,; ctmc.crm nn rhc: EHt New York tour led hy Kay Baw.:::uk [SIJ\J. Th1; 1,rntit :-.iJ(: uf Bro,iklyn h mH knz)wn his­toric~11ly f(1r ir~ indur;rry, consisting m:·1inly of n\~kknri::d and (~)1)1•

mercial neighborhoods built frum th~ l880s to 1920s. Ea~t New York suffored from urh;1n hlighr bq;inning: in the: l 96t)s, bur rc-l.:1..:'nt, ly it ht)~ htcn irn~kin~" ~.nmd1fl,k ;md ,Sl;!vcr:-11 rn:mnf~1'-turerr. h;w~~ b1.:t!l ,,ttn\Ctt..·d lhi;.·tc hy revitt.llizntlon eTfort':o, tndudini:: tht' 77 ,,·K·r~'

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in 1982, specializes i11 wood moldi11gs. The firm's produces arc sold mostly to the mass marker chmugh hcimc improvement centers. It also offers custom work for architects, cabinet makers, nnd con­tmctors specializing in restoration. At Renaissance Wood Products, a smaller factory in che shadow of the ncighborhMd's many "els," the cour group snw bmh machine· and hand-carving processes. At Fabricon, a wnrchouse of painted and unpainted "ponies" greeted rour participants. Fabricon is a carousel restora­tion and fobricarion fimi, one of only n few in the U.S. chat does custom work to march the carving and painting of historic carousel animals. The firm also builds cmousel operl'!ting mechanisms :111d

has an assembly area for carousels of up to 60-ft. in diamcrer. Legion Lighting opened its doors co show how fluorescent lighting fixtures al'e made using the latest computerized machinery. Fixtures are cut from sheer steel using :-1 stamping machine and then go through bending, fanning, and welding steps. T hey are then coated t1sing a fully aucommed powder-coating process. lnterescingly, Legion has do11e away with the assembly line; fix­tures arc now assembled from beginning to end by the same employee. The result has been a great reduction in defocrs and better employee morale. East New York tollr goers sustained them­selves with traditional Jewish treats: warm bagels and bialys carried away by the bagful from Bngels by Bell, the day's first cou.r stop. (A bialy is a flat, holeless bagel, unboiled before baki11g, and filled with diced onions and a sprink le of poppy seeds.)

Food was also on the it i11ernry of the Southwest Brookly11 Waterfront tour led by Allison Rachleff (SIA] with stops at Sahadi Fine Foods, an importer :md p.ickager of Middle Eastern delicacies

Stone Cold Iron tour participants ivatch stone car,ver Michael Colonna at work.

(grape leaves, rahini, olives, etc.), and at Now & Later Candies, a division of Kraft Foods. The recipe for Now & Later candy was developed here by Phoenix c~mdy in l962 and the chewy treats were originally sold only in the New York market. The highlights o( the souchwesr Brooklyn tour were the harbor operations at Bush Terminal and the Brooklyn Army Termioal. Construction began on the 200-acre Bush Tcrmin::il in 1895 and expanded through the 1920s under the guidance and vision of industrialist lrving T. Bush. The terminal combined steamship p iers, warehouses, and manu· foccuring buildings in to a large unified place where industry could

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--------------------------~-~~---------------- -·-------------------------------------~--------------------2002 Vogel Prize Winner

David Salay Each -year the SIA recognites oumanding scholarship within the field

of industrial archeology 111irli its Robert M. Vogel P1·ize. The atvard hon, ors the a111hor of the best article co a/1/>eCll' in the Society's joi.tmal, lA, 1uithin the 1,ast three years. Anides under consideration liave a clear!), staced thesis, a well constructed narrative, and an understandable con• cl1i.1ion. The analysis of material culwre plays an im/>Ortant m!e in arti, cles considered for che />rize , as does the u.se of l1ig/i.quality i!lustrations. The prize consists of a cash award and a wooden foundry />aitem and J>lnque engraved with the 1·ecipienc's name.

At the Annual Business Meeting, this ye:1r's ,1ward was present· ed by Vogel Prize Committee Chair Susan Appel to David Salay for his article, " ' .. . as im/>orttmc a11d vital to successful mining, as the sa/> is to the tree': Tlic Don·ance Colliery Fan Complex, \"1illces-Barre, Pennsylvania," in vol. 26, no. 1. This article te lls the !;tory of a vie· cually inrnct complex of coal-mine vemilating fon:;. Rediscovered i11 1983, the fans were insrnlled in 1883, 1889 and 1936 for the Dom:ince Colliery, originally the Lehigh Valley Con! Co. David's article begins wi th those funs as imporcanc (and endangered) arti· facts cif the coal-mining industry. It proceeds effectively to inter· prct them within the historical context of 19th· and 20th-centu· ry mining in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania.

T he quotation in David's tit le-"as important m1d virnl to suc· cessful mining, as the sap is co the tree''-comes from an 1880 Bu{e.1L1 of Mines report chat points out the sigr,ificance of such fons to the very lives of coal miners. In his article, David devel­ops that face. He shows how these fans and the sh.1frs to which

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they were connected brought fresh air to miners working deep undergmllnd, and removed noxiou~ ,ind very dangerous gases like methane. Through the remarkable physical remains at th is site, he discusses the evolmion of fan technology between the 1880s and the 1930s. He also explores che motivations of the company, demonstrating its concern to use rhe latest nnd best ava ilable equipment-to protect the mine property, of course, but also to protect its workers-and typically exceedir1g gbvernment require­ments for the amoLJnt of air circulatir1g through the mine. Whi le there were accidents, they were fewer here chan in most of the region's mines, and they led to improvements that lessened the inherent dangers of mining. TI1is attention to the impacc of the fans on the miners' lives gives the scory of rhe Dorrance Coll iery fans a significant human dimension rhat extends to the closing of chis and many mher mines in the Wilkes-Barre area with the flooding of the Knox Mine Disaster i t1 1959. In ocher words, David's article goes well beyond the detai ls of fan design and development. It also presents those aspects of this complex very effectively, using good writing augmented by gooo photographs, maps, diagrams and drawings. And David makes a case for rhe preservation of this fan complex, including, as it docs, what is probably the only survivini;: example of the most common type of fon once used in the anthracite region. All in all, chis article is well written, clear, detailed and multi-dimensional as it cxplaim the importance of the Dorrance Colliery's fan complex to rhe his­tory of the coal-mi11ing industry. •

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Charles A. Parrott 2002 General Tools Award Recipient

Charles A. Pct.rott, 2002 Gener,,! Tools A111ard Recipient

The Society for Ind11Strial Arclteology General Tools Award for Distinguished Service to Industrial Archeology l'C!cognizes indi'­viduals who have given sus­wined, distinguis/1ed service co the cause of industrial archeolog)'. Nominations for 1/1e award may be made by any member in good scancl­in~. Criteria for selection are as follows: The recipienc mu.~t haVI! 1,tiven note­worthy service, over <m extended J>etiod of rime, to rhe cause of i11du.mial arche­oloJtY. The t)'/Je of se1·,vice i.l unsJ,eci­

fied, but must be for ocher than academic publicaiion. It is desir­able, d1ough not rcc1uired, 1hm rile recipient be ,1 member of the SIA. And, final/)', the award may be! made only to livin!{ individu­als. The hvard was estabU.1hed in 1992 by Gen)' Weinstein, Cliaimtan of General Tools Manufacturing ComJ>any, and is funded throitgh an endowmelll crec,ced by r/1e Abraham and Lillian Rosenberg Foundaiion. Prnvirm.s rcciJJicnts of the General Tools Awarcl are Emory Kem{), Robert Vogel, Margot Gayle, Ed Ruesch, Pm Malo11c, Helen,1 Wright, Vance Packard, Eric DeLony, and Rohm Men-iam .

The following cirati011 was read by General Tools Award Committee Chairman Vance Packard at the SIA's Annual Business Meeting, Brooklyn, NY. The award consists of this elm, tion, a commissioned sculpture (the famous Pl~1mb Bob), and an honorarium of $ 1,000.

No one in this cow1try has been more closely involved in indus, trial archeology for so l011g as the recipient of this ycnr's General Tools Award. His work in IA goes back to the late 1960s. He was one of the first employees of the Historic Americfm EngiI1eering Record (HAER). He was also one of the founders of the SIA. Although he has never ,()ught elected posit ion in the national organization, he has illways been a loyal SIA member, taking on important roles in org:\nizing conferences and t.ours, giving many prcsen.tations, and helping co make Southern New England Chapter (SNEC) one of the ll'l<)St active chapret·s. His most impor, rant contributions co industrial archeology have been in his profes­sional work as an award-winning hiscorical architect and p,1rk designer. Throughout his incredibly productive professional career, he has focused on industrial cornmuniries and structures. The waterpowet system ac the Slater Mill Historic Site could not have been re-crenred without his design ski lls. We would nor have the Lowell National Historical Park if it had Mt been for the HAER survey that he co-supervised. Neither the city of Lowell nor its Pork would be as successful without his consrnnr efforrs for more th:m rwo decades. He was the chief historical architect of the Lowell Historical Preservation Commission from J 980 co 1995. Now he is a chief architect for the Lowell ~.:1tional Hismrical Park.

Chttck Pam)tC may have had some conflicts thar forced him to

miss a collple of SIA conferences since the founding meecing in Washington, b\lt he's been at almost all of them. His slidc- illumar,

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ed talks have graced the program time .:ifter tirne. He helped Pere Molloy .1nd Pat Malone organize the first Lowell Conference in 1974, and he was one of the principal coordin,1tors and tour direcrors of the 1984 Boston conference. The Boston guidebooks and maps, designed by Chuck, arc some of the best SIA has ever produced. Ar the same titn1;?1 SIA and SNEC sponsored a combined meeting with TJCC!H, a monumental task that taxed the endurance of everyone involved. Chuck wrote the guidebook and rnn the T!CCIH "excur, sion" in Lowell . When you ask for Chuck Panott's help on some SIA activity, you gee ic. He loves the SIA and he pays his dl1es, lit­erally and figuratively. He docs his work quietly and without a lot of fanfare, but he is alw,,ys rhere when you need him.

It would be time consuming to lisr all the ]A projects that Chuck Parrott has done as a private consul cant or as an employee of the HAER, rhe Prescrvati011 Assistance Division of the NPS, the Lowell Historic Preservation. Commission, rhe Lowell National

Historical Park, or John Milner Associates. Chuck's dedica­tion to induscrinl research never falters. Although he has

never been an acndemic, he has published a fine book on historic buildings in Lowell, several guidebooks, and an article with Pc1t M,1lone for IA. He has also been a con­tributing author co many archcologicnl reports. His pho­tographic sk ills .ind ,.k1frsmanship are very impressive.

Many industrial archeologists have leamcd field record, ing by followi11g Chuck around industrial sites with a rape in

rhcir hand. No one is better than he is at this key step in the recording process, and no one is more generous with h is rime

when an emergency recording project comes ~1p. Chuck is always willing tcJ teach people how to record and very patient with begin­

ners. He shares his skills willingly, alwuys eager to improve the scare of Oll r field.

Without Chnrlcs PArrott, the Lowell Nation.ii Hbtoric.ll Park and its environs would simply and emphmically not he the ph1cc, the showplace, of industrial archeology that they have become under his guidance and direction. His influence on that scene h:,s been profound, and it is visible to anyone who drives down Merrimack Street and s~es the impressive reconstructi.on ~)f the industrial cit11's strl.!erscape chat has occurred under gram programs he has watch-dogged, or who drive past cbe many industrial build­ings restored, redeveloped, and re-used under his stewardship, or who walks nlong the miles of walkways along the power canals. These walkw~1ys bring people to Lowell's power system in Will's never before pos:;ibh:. Pan·oct 1,oc only designed them, from paths to fencing to lighting, but supervised C\'ery Lletail of their construction. His work now transforms the meaning of rhc city for residents ,md visitors alike on a daily b,1sis. Even the fans anending Lowell's minor league baseball cemn in its new ballpark-a sign of the revi· calizarion of the city Parrcm's work has supportcd---cxclaim over the restored, dusky-red lenticular miss bridge over the Merrimack Rlver lying beyond the outfield fe11ce, that bcncfirred from Parrott's research, including the discovery of it~ surprising ()riginal color.

P:irrocr is a ra rity among architects, possessing a sophisticated undcrscanding of che architecturnl pnst. His devotion to the cask of re-creating Lowell. through grnm-supervision, des i1,'l1, .ind construc• tion, hfls kept him in his position there for ye:'lrS beyo11d rhe planned expiWtio1, of the government's mandl1te for such work. Many mil, lions of the government's dollars have been well-spent because of his dedicntion and insighcs His mark is distinct, from boarding­houses to b:mdscnnds, ro the Promenade on the Orem River Wall of the Northern Canal. The city and the park, and all who come tD

them, are the be11diciaries of his elegant design, his unflagging attention to dcrnil, his cfforrs co present, preserve, and make acces­sible {liternlly and figuratively). rhis great industrial city. •

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thrive in the city. !rs deepwacer piers, self-conta ined rnil­mnd, trolleys for transporting worker~, fleet of rugs and fer­ries, and stute-of-rhe-arr warehouses attrncted enough busi-11ess that hy 193 7 it handled 16 percent of all import and export cargo ;it the Pore of New York. The Brooklyn Army Terminal is a masterpiece of indi1~trial arch icecmre, designed by Cass G ilbert and comrleted before chc end of WW I. The rerminal includes three piers wich rransit sheds and two giant warehouses, rcm.1rkc1hle for their cavernous central halls with an ingenious system of elevators and off. sec balconies for movi11g good~ between rhe multistory stor• age arec1s and l:md trnmporr, be it mil road car or truck. The Brooklyn Army Terminal was rnken out of serv ice in 1960. It Mw

ha~ a variety of tem1nrs, including Mead & Josipovich, a cu~to111 architeccural woodwork ing firm chat welcomed the SIA to sec its shops while touring the rcr1n i11.1l. Lunch included a tour ofhisroric Greenwood Cemetery.

Woodworking and many nther ski lled crafcs were on d isplay at Steinway & Sons, a feamred swp on the Other Borough tour m Queens led by Gerry We.insteit1 [SIA]. The highlighc had ro be the demonsrration of bending the wood case of a grand pinno 1,1si11g roughly the same process developed in the 1860s. A group of burly workers rook the 11e,1rly 20-ft.- long, dozen-ply-chick case stc1ck and bent it around a mct,11 press in an amazing shmv of strength and reamwork. Exc<.!pticinally high standards of mnrerii1b and craftsmanship go in.co chc maki ng of these fine it'lstruments-

T he {-ireboat John J. Harvey salute.~ the SlA.

Steinway even counts the grains in ench piece of wood to make sure they m,ltch specifications established by the Steinway fami ly over a century ago. The next srop, Cecilware, offered S!Aers a c0nm1st i ii production methods; there, assembly-line techniques arc used co make commercial coffee ,md ic1; tea brewt:rs, hor clwcolare d ispensers, and powdered cappuccino \m1kc1·s of the kind ofren seen in convenience sro,:es, as well ,is gril Is and fryers for small delis. The Astoria Generating Station, built [n 1953 by Con Ed and now nwned by Orion Power, bums a comhim1tion of fuel oil and natural gas to generace electricity with its six units. In additio11 to to,iring the control rooms, generators, and boilers, the

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Hanging the Vogel Prize on the Wall

Since its cnrlies t ch1ys. the SIA has stri ven Lt) promme high scholarsh ip. When the ideci for a prize emerged in the earl y L980s, then SlA Presiclem Ted Penn set about bem­

ing the bushes to find u sponsor. Eventua lly, the Norron Co., rbe abrasive~ 111~mufoc turer ln1sed in Worcester, MA, ag~cecl to

fund the Norton Prize for the best article published in /A owr the previous three years. First ;iw;irded in 1982, chc prize included a check for $ I 00. Later rhe pnze wilmcrs and the ritles nf their essays wc1\: listed on the back cover of TA.

What had seemed llt)tcworthy ;1$ a moner;iry pri ze in 1982, ~cemed pallry hy 1997. Ac rhe.nnnual conference in Houghton rhnr year, outgoing Norton Prize. ch,1irman, Caner Litchfield, ,1pproached nex t ycn r's chairmun , David Simmons, cu discuss the possibility of au);!menting the check with a physical award . As it bnppcncd lmer rhac ,amc fa ll, the Montgomery Counry Historical Society of Dayrort, OH, ,innounceJ the sale nf a lnrge m1mhcr of wooden foundry pi1ttem s donarecl m them by a local comp,:my. S immons selected and purchased fifty pacccms, mea­suring about 14 X 18 inches e.1ch, envisioning th,1t this would be fifty ycms worrh of mvnrds (although not anticipating tbe pnssihiliry of an award rn dual authms rn, hns proven to be I he..: ca,e).

Litchfield and S immons rhen s<.:t ,1bo11t tuming the patterns into ncrnal mv::irds. T he (irst order of business included researching the hackgrnund ()f the Pl~lt, Foundry, wh ich, a,, .i

happy happcnscance, was a one-time m,mufocturer of oil mill mach iner)•, Litcbfield's Ii fclo1,g re.se,1rch p~1ssion. A concise sLtmmary of ~he firm's history t111J an expla nc1 rio n o( the pat· tern's use were prcp::ired for inclusicm on ..in rilumim11.n plaque co be rnnunted on the rear of cr1<:h pattern. Mme chc11lenging was

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atrnching the recipients name co the ponern without· defacing an indusrrial nrrifoct.. Thi!) Wf!S solved hy creating nno~her ;;ilu­minum pla4uc th.it llllHmted on Lhr back siJe b11L ~tuck up high enough w print the nwnrd and the rccip1cnr's name. A Columbus, OH, firm ~crcen printed the text unto horh rh1ques, le;wing spAcc for f11turc n:cipicm's names. Each award, encom­passing a pattern, plnque~. ,md mounting screws, were enclosed in pt\)tcctivc plastic Imp; ;:ind n heavy cat\Jbnard box (pntkaging CC1mpanies ::ire still sending their cata logs!) so that ir could be shipped in the cvcnr ;1 rccipicn1 was not present at rhc .innual hl1siness meeting and co fnci lirntc stnrage.

T he fi rst of rhc new physic.ii ,1warcls was given co Terry Reyndds nl the lndianapolii; meeting in 1998. Fo1·tunatcly Par M11rrin dmve ,1 van from HouJ!hton, so clandestine arrange­ments were made m rnmsfer rhc remaining forty-nine boxes co the v;m w1thnut chc firsc rccipil:nr'~ knowledge.

After repeated rcorg.miz.,itions, the Norton Co. had lose i11teres1 in st1pporting rhe awnrd. In 2001, the SIA Board of Dircc;wr~ decided chat rather than seeking a new corporutr sponsor, it would he most fitting to rename rhc pri ze in honor of Rob,m M. Vogel in recognition of his r0 le as one of the t)rigim1l founders Qf the SIA and of his inany cnntribucions w rhe soci­ety (SIAN, Su111mcr/Fall 2001 ). This, of course, me,mt rcvisit1g one of rhe sets of alum inum pl,1qu~s, sr, that David Salay c0tdd receive the first Vogel Prize nt the 2002 Annual Meeting. Unexpectedly, the renaming has <1 l_\;o prompted several mem­bers to make unsolicited conLrihuti<ms in support of the mone• ta ry priz<.!, which has been raised to $250.

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Gerry Weinstein [SIA] cxpi<lins the operation of the 11500-kW Westinghouse 'Manhattan' rotary c011ve1·tcr at the NCYTA SHbstation No. 27.

group traveled co the roof for a specrncular view that included the nearby Hell Gate Bridge. IA was on display ar the lnterborough Rapid Transit Co. Substation No. 27. Builc in 1927, the sub­station was originally furnished with eve11 older machinery sal­vaged from other stations in the city. lt has che lase example of a 1902-vintage, l,500,kW Westinghouse "Manharran" rotary con· verter moved from a station of the Manhattan Elevated Rwy. and three 2,000-kW GE converters from ca. 19 JO. Thanks co limited

budgets and dedicated repair crews, che No. 2 7 substation was never upgraded. It operaced until 1995 and there arc hopes to pre­serve it as a historic site.

TI1e Scone Cold Iron tour, Jed by Mary Habstritt [SIA]. was for chose who don't mind cemeteries, of which Brooklyn has quite a few, memorialized in numerous movies and TV shows. Some local industries srill supply services to the funerary business, including Michael J. Colonna, one of the very few monumenc carvers still cutting stone by hand. The A. Ottavino Corp. is also a stone-cut­ting business, housed in a building bL.1ilc in 1915 for a monument carver that served three nearby Jewish cemeteries. Om1vino's cur, rent work is mostly in building and fine arrs restoration. Among their significant projects have been Brooklyn Borough Hall, the U.S. Custom House in lower Manhattan, and rccormrucrion of the Whitney Museum's granite facade, not w mention recon­struction of the 2,000-yr.-old Egyptian Temple of Dendur for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Lunch included a tour of rhc near• by Acadia Cemetery. A stop at Dallis Bros. Coffee Roasters sped the Stone Cold tour goers on their way, but this was no trendy cof, fee boutique; it's rhc shop established by Russian emigr.HHS Abe and Morris Dall is in 1926. The Long Island RR's Hillside Maintenance Complex is a modem facility serving the nation's busiest commuter railroad. S!Aers saw robots c:md automaticall1• guided vehicles (AGVs) retrieving and delivering spare parn and learned about car repair and rhe demanding job of keeping up with an aging fleet that suffered man)• years of deferred maintenance.

From Boats to Boxes, the last of the Friday toms led by Bill Wilkie [SIA], took in tbe Brooklyn Navy Yard, the city's oldest operating industry, tracing its origins ro a private shipyard esrnb­lishcd in the 1790s. The U.S. Navy acquired the 255-acre facility in 180 1. The oldest building on rhe property is the Commandant's House ( 1806). The group toured the dry docks, including Dry Dock No. l, built between 1841 and 1851. By WW I, the yard numbc:red six dry docks, two building ways, eight piers, 270 build­ings, 19 miles of streets, c1nd 30 miles of railroad tracks. Much of the historic fabric of the yard is intact even though chc Navy moved out in L966 and spAce is now leased to 35 renoncs, includ­ing Se.main Ship Building, Coastal Dry Dock & Repair, and Marsel Mirror. The boxes in chis tour's name refers co chc several brick faccorics, built beginning in l887 by Robert Gair for his box­m,lking busi1,ess. Among Gair's most important innovarions was a machine for folding paper boxes and the corrug~ted cardboard box,

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Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting June 8, 2002

Presidetu Carol Poh Miller cnlled the meeting to order in the audicoriurn of the Dibner Library of the Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY.

Secretary's Report: Secretary Richard Artderson announced that the minutes of che last buslness meeting were published in the Summer 2001 issue of the SIAN. He called for additions and cor· rections to the minutes. There being none, the Secretary's report was accepted by motion and unanimous vote.

Treasurer1s Report: Treasurer Nanci Batchelor sratcd chat the SIA is classified as tax-exempt under the IRS Code 501 (c) as an educational organization, and we file a Form 990 tax return year• Ly. The SIA maintains its books and records on a cash basis and

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maintains a calendar ye,lr reporting period. The report that fol­lows is an accounting of the year that ended Dec. 31 , 2001.

We began 2001 with a total fund balance of $169,203. Cash receipts for the year totaled $90,358. The majority of our annual income comes from the v,1riot1s membership dues categories. In 2001 the meal dues received were $72,925. The balan.cc of $17,433 was comprised of interest income ($5,236), publication sale~, receipts of excess funds from tours and conferences, and finally contributions-both general and restricted ($2,933). Total expenses for the year were $76,977. The prodL1Ction coses of our major publications, the SIAN and the Journal, cotnbined for a total of $44,090. The balance of $32,877 was spent on a combi­nation of labor ($12,902), postage ($3,189), insurance, prizes and

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t't mnjur frn.:ll/r in the (.;\l\.llltry'1, tnimition to prc-pac.kagcd food~. B(1Xt'3 1m.:: no l1mgcr made here-\ hm pDc.k..iµ,ing is n.n i1npoi'Umt pllrt of wh;n g,:i1.:.•s on al. Plher in rh~ \X/illi:,m~hurg n.etghhurhnnd. Cot.t:iin!i Ch,)rlc,; Pfocr Md Chrirlcs f'rhnrt: t5t'<'1l.·,Ji.~h?J the cump,·,1-ny afL~r tmigratit\q from Ucnmmy in I R49 :.md TL~CC1~:)').L:ing th.,~· ncC'd l\i 1-,1·t1drn.':Q 1ncdki1~::il chl1rnic:11l~ not. th.:.·11 ~"''~ibb[1.:: !11 th.: U.S. E,trly pn.duo.:t.~ indw .. kd s,minnin, hr,r::n.:, c.;1n)('lh1..w, incline, rm:i Cl'NHn of tarL,,ir. The Bn.)<.fk!yn fod\ir.y h,1s b:pt step with the till\t'ii tmd now rrod111.:.:s srn::h rop11l:1r prt:sGirtion pri,duci::s ;i::,

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supply, the Bl'n Sch1.·ocdcr s~iddleu·t·c: fol'.t:(.1ry, the :silk in~lu~try in th.1:1 L1:higl1. Vallo.::)', minii"l.t;, l::\'hk!i i1'1. lA, :l!"ld a hn~t nf nthl~r ~uh, je,.t~- 1\pn·ipris en this ye~ir's u:.1nf<..•r1:•uu.:<, tw1J ~t·s~i1.1us in the afrer~ rn.llm Wl;!re di!"/OH:d to the l\m of New York :"lt'l.1J the P.in·inklyn \V;m•rfr()nr.. lfoury P('t:roski, 11otcd t...'I1ginccr, h1:,;tori.tn, ;,ind ,iut.h()f

ot' ~t;.),...t:ral pcrular books on the: hismry of 1'(c:hnc>!\,gy inr:.luding 7'11,t Pencil, T() E11Bi11ccr is Human, ;md Engim'l.'l'S oJ Un:(llll.~, gm·c ll

b:yrwtc :1ddrc:.-;~ M rntdrfoy on the rnpic of Dn:ioklyn's bridgt0~. After thic: c1lhiri'~S, the Sol.lety hd,J iL:; ~mmrnl bu::;inc:i:-; mcLl.i11g (::.L.:c min• me); d~ewhen.' in this issue). A.n excdli:.:m b:lnqw.:t rKcc,mplmiud by donntt:'d wlue anJ i.:harnpa~rn.: al. the Kin.o H.c~taurm'tl: i11 l)LJ)\,18(), rwt:rlnoking the F.:,1sr· Riwr, L'umpk·(t·d the ...:by.

SiHt,ff~.hty morning offereJ a :;pedal treat; an arrtdc on the: SIA m1s nn th(·' front p:;i,g( nf cl,i..~ 'r.TY Tmll's Mttro Stctiu11 (Juut 8), It W.J~ written b\' stt.Jff reporter AnJy Ncw1nf'lti, wh.1) h1)d Jl)incd 115 for d~"" Exrn·\me St,,.,irn Totir on Friday. Th.,,, ,,nick•, L'tuid1:d findin1:

ihi: B<:may i11 Vinwgc Tii1·/1, g:wc rlic· SJA 1p·c·~1t C'Xp(mwc· c)ud gc·u­r:rntrd il.t lear,;t 9C new tnl·mbets drn)ui,;li our 'w'd1 ~tlc. ·Nt1tirnml Pnhlic.: Radin pic:ked 1.1p nn thr. :mick nnd fc:uurcd ;m int<.:rvicw with SIA Ex-~'C'.Uli\'~' Se,.1·1;1.:ar~· mid 1A 1,;·Jltl>r Pat M,1rti1, 01' rhc Tl·.i1.IJ Mi.mdr ""ilio1.t1, )lily 2 3. The ~how c:1n ht• h0ard vfa the

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board a drn1h!t:,dcd~ hoar for ;:i brunch C!'uls~ l)n Lhc btsL Rh;c'!'. "fr1m r'l.~gg l'S[t\l 1.1r~·1vid1;"d n~irr,·1Lion m\d .u\ cxi.:clk1H. lit.t.l1.: hand­uuL Theft' i". 11() tlot1hr rh;H m1u:h <.l I3rouk!y11 '~ indmLri;.1] h,:rilage 11; b..::sL seen (nm1 dw watt.;r, c1t1.d we cn:iscd frnm R\:d H1)(\k :-11mh LO lx:yonJ the Quc~:nshoro l1rid/Jc. 011 die return, d1(· bom w,1i;

m!tl al th!;.) i.\p of M111·1hmtm1 hy th.:i fnMn ], I-fonvy, i1 r~~ritd 191[ rirchm11., whieh pnr nn ;"( hill wme-r disple1y [n1rn IL~ munlt.or~ to Lhe dt-HgliL of ull ()r l.hoise ;.1ho:-.ir~1.

Sunda)' 1·1fre:rnne,n, the rhi.:iice.~ weu:: a ;\,'i)sltr\' Ri:til tour or a I3wwmt:'Jl1L.: Brnoklyn walkin,g tnur. Th1.\,,;1~ on rht my~t:c:ry !'(·di to11!'

boarded 1·hc F Tmin littk~ knc,wi.ng th,,y would (:l\J up 11l NYC Tran:,,it\; Cuney lshmd Overhaul Shop. T11c· .shops plovide rcpnil' i1nd n,1(1imC'm1.tKC' service~ for mort than 5,bCO subv,•ny c,irs. lt is the hrgesl ~ul1wa)· t:t·Jr repair .~hop in North Amc-rk.a, with 25 ,icrt~ of h1.l!ldlng,$ :11d ;\J:::oul SOO i:'r,)pluyec~. Since it w:-1s S11ndiiy, nnly the .5h·ktl:,n shifL wa~ on durv, hm 11p1~:r 111,1nJµ\'.tnl'r:it \Vc1:s ,:m h,ind tn givt~ 11:; a VIP wt'lcomt:.•. 'We had fre~ rdi~n tn Inspect rhe (•lee, \Tic rnotDr shop. rhc rncom:H.k itih(')p, r:ht• cu· rl'.'pflit' shop, whet'] ;rnd ,rxle $hop, and thi.:: Ylil'<l!i, inc!udin.l! the intLrif)cking tmvN.

Architect Cad Kaisc:rm1rn kd rhc rhow1,1.~ton.f'. firook\yn rn11r rhrnugh Pirr.1ekly11 Hcig!u~, NYC:'t; tir.~r hi:;;rnric disrrict. Rrowmron;• !~ 11 rich, dhKuhw . .> 0 coh1red ~cind:.t.one, ~oft ,1nd i.:aw tn c.<lTVl~, qu,wrkx.l 11tar Paler.-;011. N/ 1 nnd Pnrrl11nd, C:T. Hi~t,1rk:llly, it wa~ ,rn in.r::xpi:nsivi; subl;tit.111;~ for ~;r,inil'.i:, md alr:ho~igh \1~1;.'d i:l~~'v.-l1~·rc t.l\nJugl:11\ut' i:hc c:11srt-m L;.s. ;t,; ..i h11i!di1'l.g m:1teri:·il, it w:,; ~o pnpubr during BrotJk!yn \ mid-· 19th~c humn tlu1t Lh~ blffOugh bece1m~ k11,)\\'t"I for it,,; hrr,wn~trn'lc~frnntcd t1''!Wn­h1·,1.1.•cs arn1 tht; t,~rm "hwwnslOlll''' <'1 syn,111ym ft>r hlwn!H)L.l~e,

,ll.fony $1At:rs tJtaycd on thrnu~~h tvforhhy for r1"l:;1'~ccmf~rcncc t.our~. The Hut-11 Termin,1\ Rt'dux lotir ufl!.:n.:-d ;lttc-ndec;; :-1 ~cumd chance to se~ t.his cumr,lm::, 1:mr wjrh ,rn t.:.·rnplin::d& i..111 it~ rrtil upr:r­ation.~. Tc11,1r lei1d1;.•r Doug Dimn(1ml (lmviJcd 11 i..:u~tl1m•madc­

lm1duirc dc,•crihing rhc \1,,·M~·rfront railw,i)'s .tml die fridlid~~ tlt.n ~crnd them. A vl;'r)' pr)pl1L.1r lour \\'i\:i t:o C,>ncy ]l;\.mJ, kJ by hb·~ torirm John Manhcc.k. The group ~f!L in~idi:.• the wurki11gs .::,{ Lhe t918 Wontlt'r Whe1.:l (Ferri~ wheel), fl look nr th~ !029 Cyclon.t rullcr ctm;;l·l':r, nnd, nf c.our.~t, me Nmhan\ Fttmuu~ hul duJ~, (\her rni:mb~r~ j(lin1::J Geor,1.;c Bulm1,,· [SIA.I frw :1 wnlking r.mir of Lm-Vt:t' J\fanhamm, rnk:in;:: Ju rhe 'Noohn1rLh l.:h1ilding, Ll1.: NY

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BROQKIJ!"N (c(lminrll'rl /min /ioge ll)

Stock Cxt.:hangt>, thl· CL1stom Ho,.1se, :u1d orht'~r l:.mdmarks. Tht: tnnft mughr-:1fri::r r.our ticke[, hmvcver, wus to Roi;enw;1ch Tunk. Six L.1cky SlAer~ wert~ t.:hosen by n"tf!lt' for a limited rom Df the only ro:muining umuufr1ctul."<.'1" of wooikn rnoh"np w~t~r t,;uib in thi:: city led hy A11Jy Ro~tnW<.\d1. The c.omp;;rny was founded hy William Dt1Iw11 It\ 1866 l'\nd p1ird1:;t1;(~d hy I brri~ IZo~enwuc.:h in 1894. New York·s vt:r1:ic:.1l gwwl.h w::1s .1kbl b~ roofrnp wat~r t,1nk~; WHit:!r h,i, t11 I,,,. pumpL'd rn the· n.xl~ of h1tiLlinp.~ over six stories high r1·1 he dclivc:red by grnvir:y to thi,: offi~cs and ,1po1rt:, m~nt,i; helm\·. Wo(1J i~ the prd"emc-d mmeri,d b('Ctlu~t•, ir is ks~ ,-~;pi,;:n~i"v~) thM m~:~d ,w,d rr,widcs in~ultttiorL Ail of the- tank p::1rr~-borrnm, srnv~s, :<tnl{ roof ~1ieaLltl11g ,ind beams - nrt< tnhri­cati,,;,J at Rl1~(.'nwwJ1'~ Williatrn,brn·i;: .'.(hnr,s, f1ivisi(11~:, m:,1king

l.,,.,nche\ pbnrn.~, ,ind ~tcd Mlppon. ~lruc1.un:::'i fol the tanks ,v·l' housed in Long hi.ind City, H lionw; (11.klirion m rhc l"uur.

?-.·fany Rca~b1i11t,; Ch;1ptcr n·icmht:n;, Rruuklyn 1)rg,mi:ali(11·11,, <\ttd

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awards, wurs and conforern..:1::~, unJ Li fr::w tnbcdlnih·nus i.tl'ms ;;uch <)S 1:lK· l"ll"W 1n(~mh~:r:a;hip dircct:my, which wm, S6,:N.5. Th(· SJ.A dc,;;c:d 200l wirh ','!X(.;~~s r~vern.1i.!s 11-,:cr c:q.u::11s~1$ uf $U,.EH ;md ,, Lurnl fund kihnc.c of $198,612 of which $ ! (i,02Y i:. i:-1 n:striCLcJ foi~d~ .. ~1 Ji.1te in 2002, rial! Soci~L} l,a~ had a Lout! of $.32,62.1 in o..::1rnlt rccdpb m11.l i)Hs e.x~~end(1d .'ii17,i74.

A m{.1l\'J('nr of .:-ikncc war,; ht.:ld for n11.:mhi.;rn wlw p;;11;,~td :-1.\1/(1)'

during t.h,;; pa;,t )'l.:Ul'···-Jt)hn LJgh!, Thl'tt'wHkl Ti'll',f4:Cl'iii'in, n.n.d Robi.!rl anJ \VitrnifLcJ T:1lhm.

Tmm• und Con{trre.1\Cc!.S! Rol":hllng Ch,~p~i;.:r prcs!J(.'m l\11.11 Ft1rt.cz11k thankc:J al! (1[ tl1(· tw.:mhtL~ pLtSent for n1ming re, Bro,Jklyn. He itHr~1JuL0.J ·,:he con(c,rc1Kc rnr,Jrdin:1tor, llrn:ih!ing CJH1pte·r Vite Pr('~idcm an.,J SIA D1r1:i.:Ll.11· ~fary H,1h~t.l'lll: ( who w,-:i~ greet<.:!d with loud appbrnt:), and COj.ntH1:'l1Jt'•·I tbM rhl': confrrcncc W("ll:kl not }1,wc bc~11 p1.".·:-tsihlc \Vithout her lc:':ldcrship. Mary ,i~k~~l :ill of the vt1!11ntt:en, wh(1 ln:lped with ihe c.i.mf~'r('.l"'lt·e (\) s;:"",nd ;1nd h;~ Lt'cogn.i?.~!,,L [.'.lrc~idi:.:rn Milk:t rhcn ptctcnrcd Mary wirh a h\.1ok of WPA r:ih1m1grnph!-: of New )\ irk Ci Lr a~ i.1 wh·n of 1:h1mk!:-. The stuJy t.(.ll.H. l(.1 Sw1;•Je11 i11 Scpr. 1s fully ~ubtw.rihcd. Chrirn1phcr Mar·m:in ·,rnd Hohcrt lvl. \'si,~id an.: Lht: tour's UttiLtd St.:itt~'!- or~iU"liT.­

crs, and Kri::;:1;.•11 Morgim i~, the L!..lllT (1!'gt1rtiz('I" in Swr\kn. l.amcc lvler:: g<1vc ,1 hrid nvcrvil'.:\\' of rhi~ y~:.tr'~ fall tmir 111 the Ll;'hi~h \'nll~y, PA. ~font:reHI i~ 1he siL!.:1 of Lh~· 2003 Annu,il Cont(:n~.nn·'­Pre~idtnt Miller i11vir,,d ,inll 11tgc:d ,mynnc livin\; in :::in area of indli~trbl 1,ircs tn sec her or Din..:t..:u.1r h-t'uy HilmrilL with pl'(II)O$i.t\.~ for fuLu1't~ annv;.il i;J.1nft'tenl".t:1; or i·:11! rtmrs.

l\frmlx:rship ,,nJ Oittrl'ach: PL(·5kfont Miller nhscrvci.l thal th1: SlA now k1s 1,800 mcmh1~rs. It I~ ~mm~ m1d Hill i.rrowini:, We :,cm t'1~1L :t

110::~v dinx..t.my hm yt<U lO ,:111 n¥.:'1T1h.:•r.~. Wt~ nr~ t'nlnri::-ing (ILJr :idn>LH·

1,:_y roll:!, wriLitit,; lNtt::ts of-~• 1ppnrr for scwml cmhm~l.!Tt."'ll hist(lric indu~­rrinl site.~. Umk-r Dm:clor Bob StewaLL, Wt:.' me d(:.vt•loping ,1 ~r11t1t prn­w1m1, imJ uu<lL•r Di.L('Cllll" nob K,1p.~ch Wf~ h,wc \-,c(..~n dcvdnping ,1 pm0

grnm of rn)it1it1g" ~cs.-iii)1"l~. NcJrlr 60 new attc-ndc~~ wl!rc ,.it tl)l!.s ,n..:l'~­lng1 ti.illy (1ne~founh u{ uur LegistLITT1t~. Thf'y ri:ceiwd ,, mund ( lt c1pph1M' 11~ w~k.()mt. Pn:.qidt::tit M1Her thanked Am,md.i OruolwvJ !'cir her iniri,11 ive in wc:lu1111i11g tu:·wcull'\l'L'.- \'ii, a .~ptci-al Le1•·rrinn.

Loco:[ Cho:~ti~r.~: An SL..\ tr:,.1Jitipn is Ll) Wl'ki . ..11uc SIA ch,1.pte.1· n1cml1e1s by asking rerresenrnrivc:.; of cnc.:h o( the l:um:l'll. 1J [m.:al dmprcrs to st:mll nnd he rl!coi.:ni2:ed. Din.•uor Bt'lh St(·W<IIT am1.ou11c:ed rhat the Do;:ird of Dir~crot~ ho.') :·1co:.:-fltCd the ntiplicn,

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inJu:Hrie,.; C~lntdbuted tn the .-mnunl cnnfon::nce. Mnr~' I-lnh.~rritr wr1s ~he confr,rem::e cnordinmor ~mJ it was thrrn.1.~h her hmJ work a11J d,.:lenuination that the evv:nt W(l$ i'1 t(!S0u11cfo1g suLc(·'~-~. Othl'r dwpl?f rncrol)(:L ,·olLHHN'f:'i wen:: Tl~rry H,ll!t::y, S:mJv H,1Jick, K,iy Bart~t:.!;Lk. Puul J:tu·L~':,,k. ]t)hl) n,ntvl.~l'<,)!W, Nmd Jlrn:vheli,r, Audy Bernon, P.oh J)n,for~rein, C,e11rgc Rult1w, Kevin Centanni, Stt~vc Ddihcrt, Am"I. Dichr~r, Awn Elsr.mpn~ti~, Uta Elvt:rs, Wally Elven, Bt:mtt Erne, l'i.Jm Fh1gg, O('nni.~ F:id~1.,.5h, Ht~ryl (J(illJherg, Esi.:.:lk• HAtrling, Elliot Hnnr, l\:ggv L:~timcr, Mymn L(!vi1"sky, Joe Macasck, Nit.:k Malwr, Mary ~kC,1!inn, An,gu::: Mc.C)1n))', (~nnr,d Mi1t:uir, Rob..::n 01,mt,•d, Mike R,,h.-,,r, Alli.~on lt:ich!eff, Lynn Rah,.~. Shuli Sa.Jc, Ctu: SaLmdi:1·s, Ch,wle6 Scon 1 Ju:,,tln Spl.vt·Y, Harlnm.t Walker, Oc·Hy Wdn.5t"cln, nm \'(/itkie-, ,md !ngl'ld W11d1her. Thimb L\\ 011.'. ru\J all. ·

Pain'c/.: HC!rshbarger

tkm fl the nl:'w Wnbn~h & Ohio ( :h:1pter, ct:nu:n.:J around lmll:11.1:,, nort:hcm !(i:.'nt1.1cky, Hnd ~ot1thr:rn ( )hk).

Publici:itioi\s. m,d .S!A HQt Prt:~(J.,,m .'v{ill1;.•1 ,;ontinw.:d b11 1·1.:m,11 k~ ing thm Mit.:l.tig,m Tet::11 b:td btL~n he:,dqu;.1rtt'rs d tht•. SIA ~int~.t' 199~. She :'L'Cnt~t·u:cJ Par Martin as the ./ounwl t>Jitor ,m1J Executive SccrL'UHy, aud urgcxl the. metnlJer~ldp rn .submit ptip{·r:-1.il him f111" puhlical'hi!' c,m~ii·krnnc,n. P::ir r1:,;hd r(', :,;pt':lk on thi:,; toric hrkJly, ,md ~aiJ thal h(' drn::rn\ btwc th(' quanlit)' 11nd qu.:d,· in· of P<·.tp~r~ necess1;,ry t\i kl:Cp Lhc Jrn.(ITl1t/. full. 1 k :,ppt~nkd for .~uhmi);sinm. He int.rmlucd TCrry Rt:ynold~ m; the hr.\ok n:vl,~·w ~~diror. Terr~, C~fmmemed lit.it h(! is always luoking for n<:•w review• ns imd timely ~11hmi:<1~i(\1"1.s. l1rt.::iidL1"1.1. ~'liUer l'ht:1'1. 1111roJu~cJ PMrkk H:ir~hbf1r)1er, ~di tor uf t.lw Neivs.l~!li.!r, ,rnd DDll Durfot', rht;: SIA offkc t11;)n<1g(:r. She: added rh~u D11n handle::.; 111c1"1."1hcrships, tl1>" \Vt'h :j\tc, procc:\.~L::s ~gi:-;tr:..1t:im1s, and fmmy udiL'r th int,;::;.

su~dem Schol"rships; Alicia Viil1.:nti1,1,;,) ,mJ ·1inw1hy t.-fand n:t.:eivL'd stmlem ~choh11·.:1hip <J\V;,rn}; i:n H(rc·'nd rhe nnii\lf'll cunfer~ t·ncc und :>rood to bt~ recn,[.Jnizl:'d,

A1.t:cmk S11~1lt"I. 1\ripcl prcscnrcd the Vo~el Pri:c co Da,·iJ Sahw, wh(l u,uld not bl:' pre~ettt but .~tnr hb lh,·,nb ;.u1d regrtrdis. V:1no::• Packnrd r:irdt:1"ltcJ rhc SlA CJcnc.ral 'lo(ib AwarJ fm DistinguishcJ Servkc to lnJusl.rial Arr..ht:ulogy LO Chuck Parron.

Electfonsi Pre.~idc-nr Mi!l!.'r th1111ked Lhe 1nernl10rs wit(, m~ n11s1ti11g tiff li1<· ['x),.WI i,fter rh,i$ m~erinf Pilst l1rcsidcnr Snncly Nurm,m, ml,l Dire,".tnrs l.nu1sc: 1'fotricr, Lmt(;! Metz, ,m~l ltidurd O'Connor. Sh(;! , .. :ulk:d fr:11· 1;.:·;id1 (lf tbt·iu to st;i.nd, i)nd rh,\ a~~M"lhly g,wc dwm wnrr\1 nppbuse for thdr .~ervkc. Nomin:-1.t!nm Crnmnirrce ( '.h:·1ir Pat.rit.:k Har~hl.:m·g1::r annulu\i.:t•d ih;~ yt~n1·'.~ t•lt·1c;ti,m rt·'~(1l!~. F.k·1·H·i.l PR•sidenL w.:1::, V::HlCt' l\1.ck::i.rd; ckcl'l':d 'vice Prt:sklcnr w;1s

( ~hril;mpher Andreac; dcr.:rl;;d tn the Board Df Dil'ct.:t()r;; wc-r~ Bct;,;y fohlnu:u1 for lht' 24 ft. t1t1l"Xp1red tt•nn, :ind ~us;m A.ppt:l, n~rry Gn,·e1,, o.nd Hock \.forin tn full .1-yr. rcrn1.e; mwl elected tl'l the Nominr,1tiDtl.li G:in\;u[L[l,:.'t' \Vd3 Jti..<Jtin Spiwy. Pm rick thnnkL•d Hil

dmtil' who h,.1d rn;rc·ixl {l) rnn fi1r offices, nnd enc.nurn~}~d :·11\ nctive mQmlx:rs l.o Gm~i,kr ~LT\ inli: <b an t1ffiu':t, ,-tddh1g Lh,H the Nlit'nirnHiPm Ctm1mittl'<.'.' is ,1lw~,y~ ijh:\d rn rcc.dvc 1.10rnin:1rion~.

Rcs/x:cr/uli)' ,ubmiited, Ridl(L!'d K. A11dcrscm, Jr.

Sjxremry

SOCIETY w@IB :INDUSTRIAL ARCHEOLOGY

PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST A Supplement to Vol. 31, Nos. 3-4 Summer,Fall 2002

COMPILED BY Mary HC1bstritt, New Yori<, N'l': and Patrich Hars/1/Jcirger, SIAN editor.

G ENERAL INTEREST >- Joyct: Brown, et. nl. , eds. Studies in the History of Civil

Engineering. 12 vols. Ashgacc (www.ashga1e.com), 1997-2002. £850 for the set, .C85 for in<li v. vols. Each vol. of the reference library begins with a substantial imro<luctk1n by an expert in the field and is fo llowed by articles, originally ri~•b· lisheJ i11 a wide range of journals, conference pmccedings, and the like, mnny hard to consulr, and selected to represe11t che current mm: of knowledge and scholarship. Stud ie~ covi:r civi l l.'nginecring from antiquity co the early 20th c. The 12 vols. arc: Engineei·ing of Medieval Cacheclrcil.1; Masonry Bridges, Viaclt1c1s and Aqueducts; Lancl Drainage ancl lnigationi Dams; Water-Su/>/ily and P11blic Health Engineering; Pon and Harbour £ngineeringi Civil Engineering of Canals and Railways before 1850; De1,elo/nttcnt nf Timber as a Strucmral Mamial; Structural Iron , 1750- 1850; Strucmrnl Iron and Steel, 1850, /900; Eady Rc!inforced Concrete; Structural and Civil Engh1eering Design. [Nore: m.my of these individual vols. have appeared iii previ­ous Publicacions of Interest. The 12 vol. set is now complete and uvnil.]

>- Roberr Carr. What ls Industrial Archaeology? IA NeM 120 (Spring 2002), pp. 2-3. The evolving definition of IA from a Bricish perspective.

>- Mike C lnrke. Tbe Solovki Islands. JA News l 21 (Summer 2002), pp. 2-3. IA of a group of islands in chc Russia White Sea, best known as the site of the first Soviet Gulag. Includes works associated with ,1 I Sth•c. monastery, ca. [908 hyclroelcc­tric statinn, dry dock built in l 799-1801, and nirpcnrine kiln.

>- W1mdy Coble. Management of Historic Ships and Aircraft Sites. CHM 25,2 (2002), pp. 34-36. Review of the law~ and government prnctices that protect hisroric ship and aircrnft wrl:Ck site~ from loocers.

>- Linda K. Harris. Two Detained in Shooting •.. Photol:i, Philc1d!!IJ,hia Inquirer (July 3, 2002 ). 1uww./>hil./.y.com/mld/i11quir­er/news/local/359200l .lum. Ordeal of cwo photographers arrested and detained for taking photos of industrial sites on the Schuylkill River. ACLU is invcscigating.

>- Willi.im R. Haycraft. Yellow Steel: T he Story of the Earthmoving Equipment Industry. Univ. of Il l. Pr. 0 -800-545-4703), 2002. 488 pp., photos, $23.95 p,1per. Ex;imines the tremendous increase in the scope of minit,g :md construc­ti0n projects, from the Suez Canal through the ir'ltl'rSt,ite highway system, made possible by irn,ovarions in the earth· moving industry. Pose-WW ll economic nncl political events spurred the development of more powerful and t1gile machines. Caterpillar, All1s-Chalmcrs, lnrcmarion::il

Sflcicty for lndusirial Arclteology New.slwer, Vol.3 1, Nos. 3-4. 2002

H,1rvcste r, J. l. Case, Deere, ,md Massey-Fer~uson. 1l1e author worked for many years in intcrnation~l marketing for Caterpi ll;ir.

>- Henr11 Lowood. Current Bibliobrraphy in the History of Technology, 1999. T&C, v. 43, St1pplcmenr. The Society for the History of Technology'~ 3 7th annual bibliography. This is the last Curren, Bibliogm(>liy to appear in printed form. Fuwre issues will be available only on-line. Info: www ./>ress .jhu .eclu/association.1/ shnt/l1Stli11 k.

>- Lance Mccz, ed. Canal History and Technology Proceedings. Vnl. 2 l (Easton: Nation,11 C,1nnl Mll~eum, 30 Centre Sq., Eascon, PA L8042; (610) 559-6613), 2002. 239 pp., illus. $24.25 ppd. Papers from rhe annllal symposium. This •year's ~election includes: Emory Kemp, The Musl<ingrm1 Navigation (slnckwaccr navigation on Ohio's Mu5kingum River); Stu;irc W. Wells, 'An Arduous and Novel U11dercal<ing': Lock Navigcttion on the River Schuyll<i/l; Stephc11 A. Mnrder, Vindiccitirm for 'America' (Delaware & Hudson C.innl Co.'s gravity railroad locomotive); Martha Capwell Fox, Seams of Coal , Beams of S1ed, Sl<eins of Si/le: Tlte Silk /11d11s11y in r/,e Dda,warc-Lchigh Heritage Cunidor; Sonya Tuponc, Bread or Blood and rite Ho/Jc ()f the Brur/1cr/1ood of Locomotive Engineen ( tht: strike of 1877 ); Paul Marr, Commodity Flow on the Pennsyluania Mainline System (statistical ;analysis of trade on chc canal); Kathleen P. Munley, Tlie Carbondale Mine Fire, 1947-1969; Robert ). Kapsch, The. Pocomac Canal: A Con~triiction Hismr)' (river navig.icion and bypnss c:an.i ls, 1785-1803 ).

>- Joh11 Panr1ahecker. School for Industry: L'Ecole d'Arts et M~tiers of Chnlons-sur,Marnc under Napoleon and the Restoration. T&C 43,2 (Apr. 2002), pp. 254-90. ScbC'lol's involvement in uniform production of anillc1y caissons is used to challenge the convencional wisdom rhar French engineer­ing focused on theory and English cnginecrir,g on prnct icc.

)- Alce Skempton, et. al., eds. Biographical Dictionary of CivH Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, 1500- 1830. Thp 111.i~ Telford Puh. ( www.rlwrnascelford .com), 2002. 944 pp. £76. Cnrccrs and ,lchievcmcnts of more than 800 in<liviJ uals who carried <mt civil engineering work or otherwise con­rributcd ttl rhe development of rhe professinn.

>- Stuart B. Smith. T he Development of lndrn;trial Museums within Landscapes. /AR 24, l (MHy 2002), pp. 5- 10. Rolt Memorial Lectme 2001, del ivered to che AIA, offers thollghts on IA in Grerit Brit<1in and on che preserv.1clon of industri;i l museums and landscapes.

>- Peter Temin, ed. Engines of Enterprise: An Economic History of New England. Harvard Univ. Pr., 2000. 328 pp.,

I I

$24.95. Descripriort and analysis of the growth and relative declines and rebounds of the New England ecot1omy and its industries from the 1620s to the present. Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Rev: T &C ( Apr. 2002), pp. 427-28.

> Robert Young. 'A Dialogue I'll Tell You as True as mee Life .. .': Vernacular Song and Industrial Archaeology. JAR 24,1 (May 2002 ), pp. 11-22. The social context of working peo­ple's lives as revealed in sources traditionally ignored by rhe empirical study of industrial sites and artifacts. Examines ver• nacular song as a source of information, and considers in detail three such songs from the northeast of England c;oal­field.

> Ulf Erdmanti Zeigler. The Becher's Industrial Lexicon. A1·t in America (June 2002). Full-length interview of the husband and wife team who have documenccd hundreds of industrial structures in Europe and the U.S. Reproduces Becher collages of Oerrn,ill exposed framework houses, coal breakers, silos, watertowers, cooling towers, hoists, grain elevators, and indus, trial walls with conduits.

BRIDGES

> Patricia Davis. Wanna Buy A Bridge? A Few Hardy Souls Actually Say, 'Yes'. WallStrcet]oumal (Mar. 27, 2002), pp. Al,6. Several SIA members are mentioned in this front-page article about preserving historic truss bridges.

> Frank J. Hatfield. Engineering for Rehabilitation of Historic Met.it Truss Bridges. Welding Innovation 18,3 (2001 ), pp. 10-15. Engineering analysis of bridges in Calhoun County Historic Bridge Park, Battle Creek, Ml [$JAN, Summer 2000]. Conclusions from actual testing are that rehnbilitated trusses can satisfy modern safety standards for pedestrian service.

> Kirk Johr\son. TIiting at Windmills, Only This One's a Bridge. NY Times (July 1, 2002). Cantilever, deck-trnss rail­road bridge, builc in 1888, over the Hudson at Po~1ghkeepsie is embroiled in a preservation controversy. A court has ordered a stop co all repairs and tours.

> Matt Kierstead. 1930s Reinforced Concrete Open Spandrel Arch Bridges in Rhode bland. SIA New England Chapters Newsletrel', v. 22,1 (2002), pp. 7-9. T he 1928,30 Washington Bridge over rhe Seekonk River becween Providence and E. Providence; the 1932-45 Ashton Viaduct over che Blackstone River between Lincoln and Cumberland.

> John Sweetman. The Artist and the Bridge, 1700-1920. Ashgate1 2000. 208 pp. $50. Compendium of illuscracions and commentary on bridges as the subjec:ts of paintings and prints. Emphasis on. European art of the 18th and l 9rh c. Rev: T&C (Apr. 2002), pp. 414- 16.

> Benjamin Walh:ice-Wells. Homecoming for 111-year-old Span. Philade/J;/iia Inquirer (Apr. 11, 2002), Sec. B1 p. I. Pony-cruss bridge in Bergen Co., NJ, is relocated to the site where it was made in Phoenixville, PA. Patrick Harshbarger and Lynn Rakos [SIA] were inrcrviewed.

IRON & STEEL > Beth Baker. Industrial Strength. Pl'eservation: The Magatine

of the National Trust for Historic Preservation (Mar./Apr. 2002), pp. 48-53. Struggles of steel covms-Homesread, Braddock, Trafford, Aliquippa, llnd Tarenrum-in PictsbL~rgh vicinity to preserve and interpret their industrial past.

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> Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc. The Northrup Metalworking Complex, New Milford, CT. SIA New Eng/and Chapters Newsletter 21,2 (2001 ), pp. 7-10. Investigation of foundry site operated by Northrup family from 1830s co 1880s.

> Richard Martin. Melt Down. Wil'ed (Feb. 2002), pp. 88-93. Decline and rebirth of the Bethlehem Steel works as a muse• um of industry is a case study in globalization [will be a tour site, 2003 SIA Fall TOlir).

)- Gordon Pollard. Clintonville, NY, Bloomery Forge Investigations. SIA New Englcmd Chapters Newsletter 21,2 (2001 ), p. l l. Report on 4th season of investigations at forge and bellows houses chat operated from 1830 to 1890.

> Kenneth Warren. Big Steel: The First Century of the United States Steel Corporation, 1901-2001. Univ. of Pittsburgh Pr., 2001. 405 pp. $32. Drawn from materials in the U.S. Steel archives, long-closed to scholars. Includes quantitative data on output, operating costs, market shares and much else in l 22 cables. Analysis of why US Steel did not benefit .is much as has been assumed by the economies of scale and why it fumbled opportunit ies for innovation and growth. Rev: T&C (Apr. 2002), pp. 443-44.

CHEM ICALS INDUSTRY

> Tin, Allen, Mike Cotterill, and Geoffrey Pike. Copperas: An Account of the Whitsable Copperas Works and the First Major Chemical lndustry in England. JAR 23,2 (Nov. 2001), pp. 93-112. Refining ferrous sulfate (copperas) from iron pyri tes. Principal use was as a textile-dye mordant and saddening ,1ge11c. Archeological investigation of site in use from about 1600 to 1800.

> Mark Bernstein. Thomas Midgley and the Law of Unintended Consequences. J&T (Spring 2002), pp. 38-48. Midgley made two great chemical innovations: leaded gas and Freon. They brought enormous benefits bur also carried unanticipated dangers.

> Stuart Foreman. Nitro•glycedne Washing House, South Site, Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Factory, Essex. JAR 23,2 (Nov. 200 I), pp. 125-42. Survey of late- l 9th-c. washing house, well-preserved with many internnl fixtures and fittings, part of first government cordite factory.

> Anne Cooper Funderburg. Paint Without Pain. l&T (Spring 2002), pp. 48-54. Brief history of paint industry with focus on Wetherhill's white-lead factory in Philadelphia (early 19th c;. ), Sherwin-Williams ready-made paints (1870s-8Cs), and Glidden latex paints {late 1940s).

> Curt Wohlcber. Portable Power. /&T (Spring 2002), pp. 18· J 9. History of the battery.

A GRICULTURE & F OOD PROCESSING

> William Boyd. Making Meat: Science, Technology, and American Poultry Production. T&C 42.4 (Oct. 2001 ), pp. 63 l-664. Examination of the systems for ra ising broilers in the U.S. over the course of the 20th c.

)- Brian Butko. From Cones to Klondikes: lsaly's Dairy and Its Cool Innovations. SCA Journal (Spring 2001 ), pp. 4•13. lsaly Dairy Co., established in 1902, opened its own dairy stores and then became famous for the Klondike Bar. !11.cludcs photos of automated Klondike Bar forming and chocolace,dip­ping machine.

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· tALL FOR N·o),11iNAr-10Ns_;st~, -o . .i='F~~:~r{s. :p1~Ecfofis·.-1coMivOrr·~~e ""·eMB.ER:.~~ . -- - .

Your Society Needs Your H elp The SJA clep1mds on the freely given time and experience of

its members to ad1ninisrcr the organ ization and organize its r1ctivitie5. Here's an npportuniry for you or a colleague ro give h;1ck to the S<)Cie1y by offering to serve. You have more to give thiin you may think iincl your volunrnry cimt' and experience arc w,rnted ;md will be nppredarcd. Plc:,ise Jo111c hcsirntc tl1 r1omi­m1te yourself- it may be the only way we know you're out there nncl nvaih,blc. Modesty here 1~ not a virrue. The deadline is December 31, 2002. lf you're t'\Ot sure. ca ll or email me and ler's talk ahout it.

Coming up in 200.3 arc five upcni11gs: secrcrary, treasurer, rwo clirectors, and one memhcr of rhc t1omim1rions commim:c, Suhmir yliur n::ime 11r the r1ame of a co lleague, keeping in mind rh11t encl, c,mdid,1te must be nn SIA member i11 good SL,mJing and must consent co being considered for nominarion. Bob Frnme Chair, Nominations Committee 612-341 ,8140, frnme@nu1preservation.t)r~

Positions open in 2003: Secretary (3-yetir terrn) serves as .1 member of the BL)ard <1f

Oircccors, rnke~ offici.11 minuccs :it board mccti11gs and chc ,mnual business mee1:i11g, anJ rnaintaitiS Lhe official records.

Treasurer (3-ye.ir n:rm) :;ervcs as a member of the Bo11rd uf Direcmrs and mainr:ciins the SI A's accounts and financial sracemcnrs.

Directors (3-yenr rcrrn), rwo of scvci, directors on the Board of Directors, which meer.~ rhree co four rimes per year, including during the ~111nual conference. Dircccors govcm official busi­nes~ of the SIA ::ind chair commitLees char oversee Society oper· ,itinns, such as publicurions, cours and conferences, and local ch,lptcrs.

N ominations Committee (3,year cerm) serves as one of three elected members who oversee the annual nominations and elec· rions. The newly elected member chairs the committee during rhe final year of rhe term.

All nominarions arc rev iewed by the Nominations Commircee, which will prescnr a slate of candidates to the membershi p. Each nominat ion must include the name, address, rclcphone and e•mail address of the person nominated, and the

)to Jo11nchan Clarke. Remnants of a Revolution: Mumford's Flour Mill, Greenwich. JAR 24,1 (May 2002), pp. 37,55. Analysis of rhc changeover from traditional scone milling to roller milling at distinguished south Lo11don site.

)to C harles C1chran. Preserving the Grove. Savamwli Moming New.~ (July 4, 2002), Sec. A, pp. I ,8. Federal officials discuss ways to protect Mulberry Grove, a plantation sire where Eli Whitney rt!pOrtedly invented the cotton gin in L 793.

)to Rob Dickinson. The Sugar Mills of Java. T 1CCIH Bulletin 14 (Autumn 2001), p. 3. Steam-powered mills and dozens of n,mow,gnuge ste::tm locomotives still at work in Indonesia.

)to Charles W. Ebeling. The First Fruit of a New Age. l&T (Spring 2002 ), pp. 58,61. Ovl!rview of the development of the reinforced-concrete silo and its impact on American forming.

)to Leo Landis. Reaping tbe Harvest. T&C 42.4 (Oct. 2001), pp. 750-53. Brief history of the mechanization of the grain harvest using combines and the practice o( custom curcing.

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office, iilc)ng with ~vidence that the candid:Jtc consent:, to be: nomim1tecl. Once che ~lace is $clccrecl, the Nomimltior,s Committee will r1cqucst ..i briil hiogwphical stal1..:mcm and a phowgrnph from ench nomine<.J.

Ple,lse submit nominations by Oi!c<!ml1er 31, 2002, co rhe cc)mn1it.tl:!C chni r: Bob Frnml:!, Pri:s1: rvation Alliance of Minnesota, lntemmional Market Square., Sec. 54, 275 Market Sl., Minne:1pQlis, MN 55405; 612-H l-8140; frame@1n11prcscr­vation.t)rg. If you're unsure about the procC$S or tht' obligation, please cal 1 or email.

Ediwr's Note: The Board of Directors rcq11ested ,ltm this year's cc,IL for nominations aJ1pear in the 11ew.~!et1c1· w save die society tit~ con­sidernble cosr of a se/1aratc mailin~. The b-ylaws swtc that the Nomi,wtions Cornmiuee sl1all request sug[!ested nominmions by t!te members by means of a />rin,cd a1111oimcement at least thirty (30) days />rior co selection by clie Nominations Commiuce, Section 2. 05 (a). Tliis is that />rinted annou11ce1nent.

S1A Officers and Directors, 2002-2003 Vance P;ich1rd, Pre~iden1· (2002,04) Chris Andreae, Vice President (2002-04) Ci:!rol Pd, Miller, Past Pre~i<lent (2002-04) Richmd K. Anclerscm, Jr., Secretary (2000,03) Nanci K. &1tchelor, Tre:1~urer (2000-03) Susan Appel, Director (2002-05) Perry Green, Director (2002-05) Mary Habstritt, Oirecwr (2000-03) Betsy Fahlman, Director (2001-04) Robert K;,p:;ch, Director (2001-04) Boele Morin, Din:ctor (2002-05) Robert Stewart, Director (2000-0.,) Patrick E. Marrin, Executive Secrerury and Editor IA Patrick Harshbarger, EJiror SIAN

Nominations Committee Bob Frame, Chair (2000,03 ) Michael Raber (2001-04) Jusrin Spivey (2002,05) Carol Poh Miller, ex officio (2002-04)

)to Larry Milletc. St. Paul Riverfront: Grain Elevator Will be Reused-or Razed. J>ionee1· Press (Feb. 14, 2002). 1vww.1wincities.com/mld/JJio11eer/Jress. Developer is holding a design competition for reuse of the 117-ft. high reinforced­concrete elevators of the Equity Cooperative Exchange, opened in 1917.

)to James E O'Gorman. The Vanishing Landscape and Architecture of the New England Tobacco Fields. Univ. of Penn. Pr., 2002. 144 pp., illus. $34.95. Includes tobacco barns.

)to Bill Osiniski. In Cairo, Syrup was King: After More than 100 Years, the Industry Is Gone. Adanta Journal-Constitution (Mar. 22, 2002). S. A. Roddenberry esrablished a cane-syrup l>llsiness in Cairo, GA, about 1862. The high•school football team was even called the "Syrupmakers.11 Dallas-based Dean Foods Co. is closing the last of the syrup-making operations.

)>, Michael Pollar,. Power Steer. NY Times Magazine (Mar. 31, 2002). Described as the "biography of a cow." Reporter buys

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srcer and follows rhe derails of its life from the ranch, to feed. lor, ro packing plan t.

>- Ami Sverrisson. Small Boats and Large Ships: Social Continuity and Technical Change in the Icelandic Fisheries, 1800-1960. T&C, 43,2 (Apr. 2002), pp. 227.53, Mechanization of Iceland's fisheries is used as case study to bolster arg~1ment ahout the import,mce of small-sc;ale indlls· cries to long-cenn techn()logical change and economic growth.

>- Paul Sloca. Cost Spelling End of Coke Icon. Rome (GA) News• Tribune (Dec. l9, 2001) AP Wire. TI1e Jefferson City (MO) Coca­Cola Bottling Co. will close the line that fills the famOLL'i 6.5,oz. green bottles because of problems with customers not recuming the bottles and cl1e retirement of the employee who ran the bottling line for 31 years. Ir was one of three 6.5-oz. bottling lines still in operation in U.S. [Does not say where the other two are.]

Mrsc. INDUSTRIES >- David Dye, and Daniel Gross. The Generations of Coming:

The Life and Times of a Global Corporation. Oxford Univ. Pr., 2001. 507 pp. $25. Glass maker celebrutes its 150th anniversary. Rev: T&C (Apr. 2002), pp. 445·46.

>- Mary and James Gage. The Art of Splitting Stone: Early Rock Quarrying Methods in Pre-lndustrial New England, 1630-1825. Powwow River Books ( l 63 Kimball Rd., Amesbury, MA Ol9l3;jgage@nesl.edu), 2002. 63 pp., illus., $LO. Drawing upon historical accounts and archeologicol reporrs, pieces rogecher the early h istory of mck quarrying. Eleven different stone splitting methods are documented, including one unique to New England. Authors have discov· cred a rare archcological sire where some of the cools used in latter merhod arc still stuck in the rock.

>- Archie Greem. Tm Men. Univ. of Ill. Pr. {l-800.545-4703), 2002. 216 pp., illus., $24.95 cloth. For centuries, che history and lore of tinkers , tinners, cinsmirns, and sheet.metal work­ers have been represented through fig~1n.1 tive 5culptures known as tin men. Some served os sheer metal shops' trade signs or proved an appre1,tice's competence. Exploration of' the reh1, cionship of tin men co crnfr education, union traditions, labor history, and social class. lnvcmory of tin mer1 in museums and metal shops.

>- John T. Labbe and Lynwood Carranco. A Logger's Lexicon. Timber Times Pr. (www.timbertfmes.com), 2001. 240 pp., illus. , $48.95. Tom Hull [SIA] writes: "Don't know a robbers stick from a road monkey1 Can't tell the difference between plugg ing for pitch and a plumb-bob squirrel? lf logging terms have you so confused that yol1 mistake your gut hammer for a gumboot show and you're running around the words like a blind dog in a meat house, then it's time to consult A Logger's Lexicon. I haven't had so much fun with a book in years. It's not for the prim and proper or policica lly correct. Previous dictionaries were restricted because of publishing taboos of the rimes. The authors thought it was time for a dictionary of his• torical accuracy, one chat records what loggers, with the ir unique lingo, really called things. T his book is abso lutely ui1censored."

>- Frank R. Levstik. Ohio Liberty Trucks. Timeline (May/June 2002), pp. 32-39. The first Class B Liberty War Trucks were built by the Gramm-Bernstein Truck Co. of Lima and came off the assembly line on Oct. 17, 1917. Time/inc is the maga· zine of the Ohio Historical Society, 6 issues/yr., $30. Avail: 1982 Velma Ave., Columbus, O H 43211.

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>- Glen Norcliffc. Ride to Modernity: The Bicycle in Canada, 1869-1900. Univ. otToron.to Pr., 2001. 288 pp. $24.95. The 1Mnufocwre and social meaning of bicycles. Rev: T&C (Apr. 2002), pp. 425·26.

>- Bill Osinski. Group Aims to Save Old Mill, Tannery Site. Atlanta}oumal-Constitwion (Dec. 25, 2001 ). Remains of ca. 1810-65 bark mill and tannery in Clinron, GA. Land purchased by Old Clinton Historical Society to prevent development.

>- Leonard N. Roscnband. Papcnnaking in Eighteenth.Century France: Management, Labor, and Revolution at the Montgolfier Mill, 1761-1805. Johns Hopkins Univ. Pr., 2000. 210 pp. $39.95. Vivid dcscriptit)1\S of journeymen papermakers a11cl the attempts of the Montgolfier family to control the paptmnakcrs with mechanization. Rev: T&C (Apr. 2002), pp. 420,21.

>- Marticn Snwin. Moveable Type. P1·cscrvation (July/Aug., 2002), pp. 56-61. M&H Type, est. ca. 1915, finds new home for its presses, monotype, and hot-lead type foundry in the Pre~idio; San Francisco.

>- Larry Thomas. The Rexall Story. Terminal RR Assn. Histol'ical & Tech11ical Society (Box 1688, S t. Louis, MO 63188), 2000. 44 pp. $10. History of the Rcxall Drug Co., organized in 1902 as an association of drug score owner.; buy• ing items from a common factory and warehouse (United Drug Co.) in St. Louis with rail service provided by the Terminal RR. Photos and rcxt from the 1936 "Rexull Train," which trave led the country promoting the compnny's prod­uctS. Rev: NRB 66.2 (2001), p. 39.

8 UILDINGS & STRUCTURES >- Arnold Berke. Mary Colter, Architect of the Southwest.

Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. 320 pp., illus., $24.95. Working almost exclusively fo r the Fred Harvey Co. and the Santa Fe RR; Colter's career spanned the first half of the 20th c. She designed nllmerous structllres at Grand Canyon and other locations on the Snntn Fe, including Harvey Hore ls and depots, as well as tot1rist attractions, combining natural fca. tures with designs inspired by prehistoric ruins :md Pueblo archi.tecture.

>- Wilber W. Caldwell. The Courthouse and the Depot. Mercer Univ. Pr., 2001. 613 pp. $50. Examinntion of court· house and railroad depot architecture in Georgia from 1833 to 1910. Relates railroad development co .. u·chitetture anJ eco­nomic aspirations of rural communities. Communities at ra il ­road junctions had highly stylized C(1~1rt buildings, while those nor at juncr io11s were plai11. Includes regional maps showing roil lines, dates of construction, company mtmes, etc.

>- G lenn Collins. A Slow Return as n Hub for Aviation. NY Times (Apr. 27, 2002), p. A 14. Newark Airport's first termi· nal, opened in 1935, is being restored. T he Art Deco building was the New York metropolirnn area's first passenger terminal to integrate an airmnil center, administration, air-traffic con, trol tower, meteorological services, a hotel room for pilots, luncheonette, and baggage facilities. It was considered the bl!siest air terminal in the world in the late J 930s.

>- Jason Goodwin. Otis: Giving R ise to the Modern City. lvfln R. Dec (Chicago), 2001. 286 pp. $27.95. ISO.year hiswry of the famed elevator builder. Rev: T&C (Apr. 2002), pp. 431-433.

>- Robert Pavey. Southern Standby: Plant Mnde Gunpowder for Confederacy. A11gus1a Clironide (.Apr. 9, 2002) and Birds

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Endnnger Monument (Apr. 19, 2002). Efforrs to pn:~crve and proccct the L 76,fr. brick smokestack bui It in 1861 ac che Selby Mill in Augusta, GA.

)- Sara Wermiel. Army Engineers' Contributions to tlie Development of Iron Construction in the Ninetee11th Century. PL1bl ic Works Historical Society (www.aJJwa.net/buol<store/), 2002. $15. 11"1..depth exmninacion of the history of iron construction done in rhe U.S. by the Army Corps of Engineers.

WATER CONTROL & RECLAMATION

)- Dennis Howe. Timber Crib Dam Remains Are Recorded. SIA New England Clu1/)rer~ Newsleuer, v. 22, I (2002), pp. 10-13. History of dams and waterpower on the Ashuelot River, Winchester, NH. Remains of the lrm in a series of dams, built c;i . .1910.

> Lisa W. Fodcra1x). iWatery Graves' Was No Figure of Speech. NY Time$ (M,1y 14, 2002). Unusually low wnter lev· els at NYC's Ashokan Reservoir in the Catskills reveals the stone-building found,1i;ions and remnants of villages thllt were taken over by eminent domain in 1913. Mar1y res idents still feel bi tter for the loss o( frimily homes and property. NYC Water Dept. pliins exhibits at this and five other reservt>irs west of the Hudson w commemorate sacrifice of communities displaced by the city's water S)'Stem.

> Catherine Mulholhmd. William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles. Univ. of Cc1 lif. Pr., 2000. 411 pp. $J S. Biography of chc engineer responsible for much of the devel­opment of the city'~ water supply in the early 20th c. Includes the Los Angelc.:s Aql1educt and accounts of the Boulder Dam and chc fa ilure of the St. Francis Dam. Written by his grand-

CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE Richard Anderson, Jr., Sumter, SC; Bob Bernacki, Bloomington, IN: James Bouchard, Pointe Claire, OB; Paul Brandenburg, Delphi , IN; Robert Briechle, Hudson, OH: Susan Bronson, Montreal, QB; Gretchen Buggeln. Wilmington, DE; Arlene Collins, Houghton, Ml; Ken Cupery, Rochester. NY; Eric Delony, Washington, DC; Pauline Desjardins, Houghton, Ml; Don Durfee, Houghton, Ml; Bob Frame, Minneapolis; MN; James Gage, Amesbury, MA: Greg Galer. Easton, MA: David Guise, Georgetown. ME: Mary Habstritt, New York, NY; Jay Harding, Palmyra, NY; Neill Herring, Jesup, GA; Michael Hoyt, Silver Spring, MD; Tom Hull, Myrtle Creek. OR; Elliot Hunt, Jersey City, NJ; James Korecko, Valley View, OH; Lee Maddex, Morgantown, WV; Jerry Malloy, Farmersville, NY; Pat Martin, Houghton, Ml: Mary McCahon, Burlington, NJ; Dan McCain, Delphi, IN; Carol Poh Miller. Cleveland, OH; Bob Newbery. Madison, WI; Sandy Noyes. Chatham, NY; Vance Packard, Thornbury, PA: John Park, South Miami, FL; David Poirier, East Granby, CT; Lynn Rakos, New York, NY; Heinz Schwinge, Evanston, IL; Andrew Sewell, Columbus, OH; David Simmons, Galena, OH; Justin Spivey, New York, NY; Louise Trottier, Ottawa. ON; Robert Vogel, Washington, DC: Sara Wermiel, Jamaica Plain, MA; Suzanne Wray, New York, NY.

With Thanks.

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dallghter using family rcminisccnc1:s. Rc.:v: T&C (Apr. 2002), pp. 433-34.

> Saved from the Dam: The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is ::i theme is:;ue of CRM v. 25,3 (2002) thHt explores the impact of a tlnm that wasn't, the Tocks Island Dc11n project, begun in rhe 1950s ,md blocked in the late I 970s. The Rrea tlrnt th.: d;im would have flooded is now a NRA with diverse historic properties, including farms, resorts, bridges, roads, aml railronds, posing challenges co prescrvncio11 nnd adaptive reuse.

>- James Stcmgold. The Big Old Dam Still Thrills, but from Fewer Angles. NY Times (Apr. 27, 2002). Sccl!rity mea~ures nt Hoover Dam spell ,ln end ro 'hard hnc tours' for vicwinb: the interior of rhc J;1m and limi t the places visimrs can go to view it from the cxcerior. The number of visiror, has faller, from l.J million ro 900,000 per year.

:,. Robert Stewart. Cook's Dam, Ansonia, Connecticut. SIA New £11gla11d Clwpwrs Ni:wslcttcr, v. 22,1 (2002), pp. 16-19. Masonry dam <Jn Bc,1.ver Brook, a minor tribuwry of Naugatuck River, supplied wnter to Sperry Mfg. Co. (cnrriage hardware) and che H. C. Cook Co. (nail clippers).

POWER GENERATION

)- T. Li11dsay Saker, ed. Windmillers' G,tzette. Q11arterly. Avail : Box 507, Rio Vista, TX 76093. www.1vind­millersgazecte .crnn . $20/yr. Dedicated to the preservation of America's wir1cl-power history ,me! heri tage. Vol. 21,2 (Spring 2002) includt:s Hnmer C. Beck, Windmill Tools (aerometers, sucker rods, ere.) and San Francisco 'Dutch' Windmills (history of cemury-old wh1d111ills in Golden Gare Park) . Vol. 2 I ,J (Summer 2002) includes Oil-Baell Windmills Mad~ by Stover Mfg. & Engine Co.

:,. Angelika B::ium,m11. The Viennese Gasometer-City: A Container for Gas Becomes a Container for People. T/C­C/H Bulletin L6 (2002), pp. 1,7. Highly critical review of the adaptive reuse of the gaswol'ks in Wien-Simmering, built in 1896-99. One o( the gHshnlder houses has been turned inw an event hall with scnting for 3,000 people. Other buildings nmv house apamnems, offices, parking, and a mall. Claims preservation was 11or served by removing all signs nf machin­ery and original functinn.

> David Flcss11er. Raccoon Creates Power Boost. C/1artanooga Times Free Press (May 3 1, 2002). TVA's Raccoon Mt. pumped-storage plane bui lt in the l 970s.

> Matthew Kierstead. Deerfield No. 4 and Harriman Hydro Plants. STA Nc.>u.1 England Clia/)ters New.~lecrer, v. 22, l (2002), pp. 1-4. Two historic Deerfield River (MA) hydroelectric­generating facilities.

MINES & M INING

> Ken Cacford. The Industrial Archaeology of Spitsbergen. JAR 24,1 (May 2002). pp. 23-36. One hundreu years of coal mining on o remote Arctic island.

> Andy F,lhrenwald. Samuel Knight's lnvention of a Unique Dredge Machine. Knight C/11b Nr,011 Wltiscfo, 3 (Apr. 2002), pp. z. 7. Sam11el Knight's dredge 1m1chine, patented in 1885, for removing overburden from gol<l,bearing gravel beds. The Noon Whiscle is sent to members of the Knight Foundry and also ir1cludes updates on efforrs co preserve and interpret ,he foundry [cour site-Annual Cc.mfor~nce 1996]. Membership

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begins at $18.72/yr. Knight foundry, Box l 776, Sutter Creek, CA 95685.

)- Pat Frost. Greenfield Mills Consolidation and Repair Work, 2000-2001. IA News l21 (Summer 2002), pp. 4-5. Preservation of North Wales copper works, dating co mid, 18th c.

)- Hot Sauce Bottle Offers Peek into Mining Town's Past. Savannah Moming News/AP Wire (June 30, 2002). Short, quiz?ical news item reports a1·cheologisrs have discovered rhe shards of a 130-yr.-old bottle of hoc sauce, perhaps one of the oldest ever found, beneath the sire l) f the Boston Saloon of Virginia City.

)- John R. Park. A Guidebook to Mining In America. Stonerose Pub. Co. (7741 SW 59th Ct .. , S. Miami, FL 33 143; lwJ>://sconcroseJnib.lwme.au.net). 2 vols., 622 pp .. photos, illus., glossary. $34.68. History of the mi11eral resource indus­tries disguised as,, travel guide. More than 1,700 entries: mining museums, museums with mining exhibits, tourist mines, viewable or murable working mines, preserved ghost 1ni11ing towns, mining monuments, st0ne ql1arries, blast fur, 1,aces. metal refineries, lime kilns, charcoal kilns, coke ovens, saltworks, saltpeter c.1vcs, petroleum refineries, pipelines, ore loading docks, ore boats, canals, industri~1l r.1ilroads, mine offices and houses, mi11rs, assay offices, etc., etc. Also avail. is Maryland Mining Heritage Guide including Delaware and the District of Columbia. 88 pp., photos, maps, $1 1.95. Offers expanded coverage wich 130 additional e1,tries and text. [These are very comprehensive, interesting and u~er­friendly resource gHides. Great to have along when trnvcl­ing!- The Editor].

TEXTILES > Jo Ann E. Argersinger. Making the Amalgamated: Gender,

Ethnicity, and Class in the Baltimore Clothing Industry, 1899-1939. Johns Hopki11s Univ. Pr., 1999. 229 pp. $39.95. Organization of the Baltimore Chapter of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union (ACWU). Describes orga11i2ation of work, with designing, cutting, and pressing in lnrge plants and sewing in small contract "swe<1t" shops. Rev: T&C 43 (Jan. 2002), pp. 177-79.

>- Rosa Sem1. Colonies Textils de Catalunya. Angle Editorial (Passeig de Pere Ill, 14- 16 Se la, 08240 Manrcsa, Spain), 2002. ln Catalar1 with English translation. Textile mills that grew up alo11g the rivers fl~wing from the Pyrenean Mountains through Catalonia are cluimed robe che most intense exploitation of waterpower of any rivers in the worl.d. Densely illustrated book examines their archicec[Ural and rcclmical heri1;;1gc.

RAILROADS

> Jame5 W. Ely, Jr. Railroads and American Law. Univ. Pr. of Kansas, 2001. 376 pp. $39.95. Railroads were America's first big businesses a11d they raised ,1 host of problems for che 19th•c. leg.:il system in areas of d umers, eminent domain, safety, labor relations, and in.terstnte wmmcrce. Rev: NRB 66,6 (2002), pp. 50-51.

> Herbert H. Harwood, Jr. Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers. Indiana Univ. Pr. (1 , 800-842,6796), 2002. $39.95. One of the most drmling busi· ness phenomena of rhe 1920s, C leveland's two bachelor Van Sweringen brothers came ouc of nowhere to control the

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country's largest railroad network. Simultaneously, they sponsored creation of the model upper-class suburb of Shaker Heights and che landmark Terminal Tower building.

>- Eugene L. Huddleton. Uncle Sam's Railroads: The USRA and the Nation's Railroads. Indiana Univ. Pr. ( 1,800-842-6796), 2002. l 96 pp., photos. $39.95. The US Railroad Administration was created during WW I to operate the rail­roads on their intensified wartime footing. As a resulc, che USRA changed the face of niilro,,ds fo rever and left America with twelve now-classic locomotive designs. lllusrratcd book presents a study of che 30-yr. impact of the USRA on steam locomotives.

> Industrial Railway Record is the journal of the Industrial Railway Society (UK). £13/yr., quarterly. It covers .ill aspects of industrial railways and locomocives in Great Britain and abroad. The most recent issue ( v. 169, June 2002) includes Chris Fisher, The Woolpic Ericl<worl<s Railway (Suffolk); Cliff SheJ,/1erd, Ste/Jl1enson-Crossley Diesel $hunters; and Keith Chester, Tlte Ditro Dalwvic Class 62 Locomotives (Yugoslavian taak locomocives). h1 addition to its journal, the society maintaim an extensive book sales list Wlth an emphasis on European industri.1! railways and mines. Info: R. V. Mulligan, Owls Bam, The Chcsmuts, Aylesbeare, Exeter, Devon, EX5 2BY, U.K.

> Willian, D. Midd leton. When the Steam Railroads Electrified. 2nd Ed., Revised. Indiana Univ. Pr. (1-800,842· 6796), 200 I . Revised 2nd ed. of a highly sought after, com­prehensive history of electrification thnt has been out of print for ye~rs.

> Bill Osinki. 'Rolling State Park' Gets on Track. Atlanta Journal-Constitution (June 24, 2002). New excursion tr11 i1i called the SAM (Savannah,Americus-Momgomery) travels rhrough Georgia cottcin country. Srops at the Georgia Rural Telephone Museum (Cordele), reported as having the world's largest collection o( historic telephone equipment.

ABBREVIATIONS:

CRM

IA News

!AR

l&T NRB

SCA]oumal T&C

T ICCIH Bulletin

= Cultural Resource Management, /niblished by the U.S. National Park Sctvice

= /ndustrial Arcliaeology News, />ttblished by the Assn. for Industrial Arcliaeology (UK)

= lnd11scrial Archaeology Review /mblisl1ed by the Assn. for lndtistrial Ardiaeology (UK)

= American Hericage of Invention &' Technology = National Railway Bulletin, J,ub/isl1ed by the

National Railwa)' Historical Society = Socier:y for Commercial Archeology Journal = Tecltnology & Culture: Quarterly of r/1e

Society {01· rite Histo1J of Technology = The lmemational Committee for tit~

Con$ervadon of rim industrial Heritage B11/fotin.

Publications of Interest is compiled from b<mb and articles ln·owght to mir atrenrion /rj yo11, ihe reader. SIA members are encouwged w send cicacions of new and recent bvr>l<S and arti­cles, es{)ecially chose in their own areas of intereH and 1/tose obscure titles tlu.it may 1wt be known 10 Mher SIA members. Publication.~ uf lncerest , do SIA Newsletter, 305 Rodman Road, Wilmington , DE 19809; phsianl!ws@~ol.com,

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Elusive American Truss Bridges David Guise [SIA] is researching tl1e evulutiun of the 19th-century American truss bridge for an upccnni11g /Jool<.

In tltis, tlie sixcli installmem in a series (see {>l'evious issues for the Gteiner, Kellogg, Stec1rns, Thacl,c.,·, and Horton trusses) , he shares his research w dme on an u1111sual truss in South Dakota. The series is intended to serve as a catalyst to elicit additional infcmnation, csJ,ecially the locarion <>f historic />liotos, plans, descriJ>1ions 1

and surviving examples. Info: David Guise, Box 132, Georgewwn, ME 04548; /Jhone/fax (207) 371-2651.

Dell Rapids Bridge

T oward che end of rhe 19rh century, the 0flkota & S. outhem RR bui.lt a nort. h,soud·\l·ine ,,long the c,1stem edge of Sourh Dflkorn, crossing the Big Sioux River ne:u Dell Rapid~. a small town north oF Sioux Falls. The railrnnJ erected a stone pier on a huge miJ-stream

rock, then buil t a set of m isses from the shores tO the pier in mid­rivcr. At first glance, each sp;,n of th is two-span bridge appears to be a four-paneled Pratt J eck-trnss. A more careful exnminatlon reveals chat the truss has a most unusual wri t1kle.

The web strnrs in a smndnn.l Pr.m trnss are all trne verticals. The stn1rs in the Dlc!II R.1pids truss incline slightly, lcuning inward rnward the miJ ,spnn of rhc cop chord. While this dcviac.inn mighc seem triv­ial, it c<mstitured a sophisticated, logical innov;ition. It produced a slightly mere efficient t!'\1ss, and probobly did so at :l slightly lower cost.

The srnnclard truss configuration divides the spr111 length into a seril:!S uf t!qual length segment~. or p:mel~. 1 n a ~t,111dard Pnitt deck-rn1ss, the sloped segments of the bottom chord nt each end are longer than the horizontal segments tn the midd l<c! panels, as they form the hypotenuse of a triangle.

The designers of the Dell Rapids Bridge, however, made all their tensile bottorn chord eye-bar segments the same length, whether t'1ey were hori~onwl or slo/)ed . The cop compression chord was also compris1cd uf equa l-length parts. The length of e,1ch indi ­vidual cop,chord segment w£1s slightly shorter than rhc length of each individual boctom-chord segment. The rocal length of chc straight top-chord segments was less th:111 the total lcmgth of the

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The Dell Rapids Bridge compared to a standard Pratt deck tn,ss bridge.

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bottom chord segments due to the bottom chord's slightly longer sloping segments in the two end panels.

The unavoidable geometric ramification o( the Dell Rapids ~olution was that che verticals could nor remain verticnl, buc leaned slightly inward coward the center of the span. Only the center vertical remained a true vertical. Once the decision w,1s made to make the inclined bottom chord segment in the end pan­els the 5ame length as the horizontal segments of the bottCJm ch<)rd, all else followed.

11,e decision to fabricate the chords from equal parts has the obvi­ous advantnge nf simrliFying the mantifacturing process. It would seem, in the absence of any records, that cl1is was the motivating rea· son for the Dell Rapids configuration. All the bottom chord member:; have ~he sinnc length. All top chord members have the same lengcl1. Given the same span nnd load conditions, the Dell Rapids P11\tt, when compared to ;i st-md,1rd Pr<Ht deck trt1ss, turns out to be slightly n1c1re efficient. No penalty had been paid for simplify ing fubrication!

If the Dell RapiJ s configurntic'm hotl1 cost less and M\S structural­ly :,;ound, one h:1s to wonder why others did not independently arrive at the same solution, or even adopt its appronch for the design of other bridges. Apparently sorneoi1e cnme ~1p with a workable and innovative approach, but llO one llOticed ()r took advantage of ir.

Perhaps ''better" is in rhe t!yes of the heh()lder. The esoreric beaut)' associated with simplificmion and swnd,1rdiz:-1ticm of pnrts may have more appeal co 21st-century observers thun rn J 9th-cen, tury practicing c11gir1ccrs, wht1 perhaps fo lt that the gai11 was coo trivial co be worch chc bother. le always has bec11 easier to go with the tried 011d rruc.

0 ( course we don't know for a face tbac this bridge is tmiquc; we just do not know of any others of the same design. The bridge no longer survives and our only evidence of its existence are phorogr.1phs. It is an example of engineering ingenuicy built in the wildcmess by an unknown engineer, (or reasons we can 011ly guess. The Dell Rapids Bridge is a fascinat ing example of America's obsession for t i11kering. •

Dell RaJiids Bridge, postcard.

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Report on the 2002 lronmasters Conference The 2002 lronmasters Conference was held April 26-28 ac

Athens, OH. A small but dedicated group attended chis year's evenc, Ex/Jioring Ohio's l-fistoric Hanging Rocle hon Ret.,•ion. Locaced in southeast Ohio, the region wa~ the premier charcoal-imn-pro­ducing area in che U.S. just prior tO the C ivil War. It survived the transition to the coke age and is still producing iron.

The conference began Friday wi th .ni extended tOl1r of rhe lower Hanging Rock Iron Region. Stops included the Welsh­American Heritage Museum in Oak Hill, where we were creat· ed to exhibits celebrating Jackson County's Welsh iron· making heritage; the Jefferson Fumace, the last of the region's charcoal fumaces co operate, going our of blast in L 916; the O live Funrnce, one of the many forn:ices char used narur• al rock outcroppings in its con· struction; the res cored Vesuvius Furnace, located in the Wayne National forest; and a visit to the Lawrence County Historic.ii Society Museum in Ironton, once the home of ironmaster Col. George N. Grny. This long day was capped with a photo stop at AK Steel's A1m111da Furnace, located just across the Ohio River in Ashland, KY.

On Sarnrday, che group

heard presentations on chc Hanging Rock Iron Regiort history, Kentucky iron history, New Jersey's Splic Rock Furnace m1d Forge, and the manufacwrc of iron in shaft and pie furnaces scattered acrnss Ohio. Sunday's first stop was the restored Buckeye Fum.1ce, 1111 Ohio Strite historic site, restored in 1976, followed by a visit to the Vinton Furnace Experimenrnl Forest.

The 2002 lroninasrers Co11ference orgnni2ers would like tn thank the Ohio Historical Sociecy, the Welsh-American Heri tage

M~1seum, the Lawrence County Historical Society, Ray

r Boothe, Ralph Ramey, the / -~ Institute for the History of ,._

Technology & IA, and the SIA Three Rivers Chapter for mak, ing chis event possible.

SJAers everywhere are urged co make the trek co the Hanging Rock lrnn Region and see it for themselves! Also visit these Web sites for a vir­tual tour of the Hanging Rock l ron Regior1.: www.oldind11s­try.com and tvww.use1·s .hocl<­inghills .ner/-conway/index. hr:ml.

Lee Maddex

Ironmasten tom· the Vesuvius Furnace Cit Wayne National Forest.

IA EXHIBITS

Friches lndustrielles Entre Memore et Avenir (IA between Memory and Fmure) is an exhibit of photographs that hns been traveling Elll'ope with the aim of educ,iting the public .:ibo1.1t IA. Organized by Louis Bergeron [SIA] of the Ecomusee de la Commu11auce le Creusot Montceau and produced by the European Commission, General Educatio\1 ~nd Culture Dept., the exhibir fearures 25 images by SJA's own Sandy Noyes [See SIAN. Spring 1999]. Sandy traveled to France in l 996 to photograph the mii1es, steel mills, and other industrial sites in the Le Creusot· Montccau region of France. The exhibit also includes many pho­tos of lral ian indumy by Gabrielle Basilica commissioned by the Museum of Industry 11car \1ilan. The show opened in Milan in Apr., then traveled co Brussels in June and Le Creusot in Sepe. The handsomely produced catalogue, more like a book (140 pp.), includes ,m essay by Sandy translated into French and Italian. Info: www.euroin.J>at.org.

B&O Railroad Museum (Baltimore) is celebrating 175 years of American railroading with exhibits and programs. Through July 2003, the museum is featuring a special cxhibicion of porcraics and images of America's railroad barons on loan from the Nadonal Portrait Gallery. The big event is the The Fair of the Iron Horse 175, a 10,day extravaganz.i (June 27-July 6) with pavilions of model trains, railroad hisrory, technology, food, encem.\inrnent,

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and family activities. lr1spired by the B&O's original fo ir cele­brating its centenninl in 1927, a daily pnrnde of hiscoric ]oC()mO­tives from all twer the nation will tell the $tOry o ( Americ,m rfl il· roading to the present day. Info: www.bvrail.org,

Hugh Fmnces Hicks, founder of the Mt. Vernon Museum of lncandescent Lighting, passed. away in May. Hicks wns known for his collection of more tha r1 75,000 bulb5, many n( which were on display in the basement of his Be1 ltirnorc dental office. According to the AP Wire (Mny 10) , his collection included a bulb from the original torch on the Smtue of Liberty and the Mercedes-Benz head lamp from a limousine used by Adolph Hitler. The disposi­tion of his collection is unknown.

Providence Jewelry Mi1seum celebrntes the heritage of one of Rhode Island's biggest industries with a collection of tools and products. The museum is growing and is planning ro move into renovated exhibit space in rhe Narragansett Electric Plane in 2004. The plant on the Providence River wi ll become home co a consortium of 19 historical and cultural institutions, including the Providence Jewelry Museum, char will be called collecrively rhe Heritage Harbor Museum ( www.heritageharbor.org) . Membership in che jewelry museum includes a subscription to che newsletter,

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IA ON THE WEB

Barbed ·wire (www.barbwiremuseum.org). The Devil's Rope Museum in McLean, TX, operates chis site featuring irs collecrion of more than 2,000 different wires, fencing tools, che 1-lagcn,eier Library (claimed to be the world's largest co llection on barbed, wire history), and the Betrbed Wire Colleccor Magazine .

Buffalo Grain Elevator Tours (iuw1u.goi11.to/,graindevators). Regularly schcclulcd walking rours and the h istory of Buffalo's m,1gnificent grain clevaturs ltollr site-1992 Annual Conferencel

Explosion at 1924 Fertilizer Factory (tt'Wtu.une/)lie.org/J>c/apell/ disruters/toii/01tse//10mc.lurnl). On Sept. 21, 2001, an explosion ripped through the Azore de France mnmonium nitrate warehouse in Toulouse, France, ki lli11g more than 30 and injuring hundreds. The final investigative reporc indicated the cause was accidcnral although terrorism was first suspected. The plant was built in l 924 in wlu1r was then countryside, but urban sprawl hns since led to homes being built perilously close to the plant.

Harmony Brick Works (www.lr/> . usace .army. mil/lmon//tannon)•_ bricl<_workdum}. Brick works op<:mccd by the Harmony Society near Leetsdale (O ld Economy Vil Inge), PA. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineer~ archeology project is garhcrir\g infonm1t ion on how bricks were ll)ndc there i 11 the L 9th c.

Henszeys Bowstring Truss ( www.iceandcoal .org/liens,cys/hcn­szcys ./1011/). History and restoration of the p,1tented 1869 iron bridge. It was recently restored and reh)cHt!!d to tbe campus of Centrul Pennsylv,mia College.

Historical Construction Equ.ipment Assn. (ivivw.l,cea.nel) is a group dedicated to preserving the history of all types of construc­tion, surface mining, and dredging equipment. Founded in 1986, they have more th,in 4,300 members. It operates the National Construct ion Equipmenc Museum and Archives at its headquar­ters in Bowling Green. 01-1..

Interstate Highways ( ,i.vww.fhwa .dm.gov/infmscrucutre//1iswry.lum). Official Federal Highway Adminisrrarion site features several arti· cles on the history of the interstate highwny sysrem.

New Britain Industrial Museum (w1u1u.nbim.org). Info on the Connecticut museum's exhibits and collections, including Stanley Tools & Hardware, Fafnir Bearings, Landers Vacuum (cleaners, coffee m,1kers, refrigerators), r1nJ Americrn1 Hardw.ire.

Paper Boats and Other 19th-c. Oddi tie~ (/1ttJ>://Jwme .eznet/- i<ctt­/)cry) History ofWacers & Son of Troy, NY. manufacwrers offull­size row boats, canoes, and even a 45-ft . pleasure bnl'gc of molded paper. Also, articles from The Pa/J<!l" B(!citcr, n peric1d trade journal; specifications for hu ilding a p.-,per boat; "The Age nf Paper," a popular song; paper ni.ilmaJ c.ir wheels; paper nbscrvatmy domes. Maintained by Ken C upCr)' [SIAI.

Paterson Industrial Heritage (lttt/>:l/memory. loc .gov/ammem/ wipli tml//>tltame.luml). Library of C011gress site incl~1cles approxi­maccly 500 interview cxccrpcs and approximacely 3,800 pho, togrnphs fro111 the Worki11g in Paterson Folkli fo Project, conduct, cd in 1994. On-line prcscmacion includes the memmies of rerircd workers n11d essays on topics such ns work in the African, American communit\', the Hot Texas weincr (a Paterson food tr-a,

dition}, work ~t W.,tson Mnchine Ii1tcrnatitmal, and business life. nlong a single street (21st Ave.).

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Rakeman Transportation Painting Collection (1.uww.tfl1rc.gov/ Jnclm:l.s/janfeb02/exliibition.lum) includes l09 paintings produced between l 921 and 1952, depicting the history ()f American trans­porration from the cukmial period to the mid-20th c. Commissio1)cJ hy chc federal Bure.iu nf Public Roads, d1c paint, ings arc now in the collection of rhc Texas Trnnspormcion Inst.

U.S.S. Monitor Recovery Efforts (lllt/>://nr=eanex/ilorer.noaa.gov/ ex/>lorarions/02moniwr/monitor.h1ml). Official sire updarcs efforts to recover parts of the famous Civil War ironclad. The turret was raised in early Aug.

Wakefield Wicker ( www.-.ual<ifield.org/wicl<e1'/) . Story of the Wakefield Ranan Co., esrablishcd in 1855 by Boston grocer Cyrus Wakefield. As an oucgrowrh of rhe China trade, Wakefield suc­cessfully experimented with wrapping imported racrnn into furni­ture frames and helped develop machines, such as steam-driven cane splitters and looms for spinning shavings into fabric for mats and floor coverings. The company was so successful that the Massachusetts town, or iginally called South Reading, was renamed Wakefield in 1867. The foccorv closed in L 930.

Readers arc cordially l'cminded co visil rhc SIP.:s own Web site at wwiv.sia-wcb.org. On,line membm!iip ap/>licaiions, gift member­sliif,s, and renewals arc now available through che SIA's secure Web scrucl'.

The SIA N's Web c:olumn is compiled fmm sites brouglit to the cditol''s am:mion by members, who arc encottrnged co submit c!teir l A Web finds by e-mail: phsianews@aol.com. •

CALL FOR PAPERS (concinrccdfmm/)agd)

electn)11ic format (Rich Text Format). Proposals sent by mail shoul I be suhmim:d in duplicc1ce.

Prn/Jo.,al submi.,sifm: Please send proposals no Inter than NOVEMBER 15, 2002 to: Louise Trottier, Ca11r1dn Science und Technology Musel1m, 2380 Lancaster Rd., Box. 9724, Statim1 T, Ottawa, ON, Can,1da KIO 5A3; (613) 991-6705; fax 990-3636; !tr(Jttier@nmsrc.ca.

Student Travel Scholarships The SIA h~1s limited fimcls co help fu ll-time students and pro­

fessionals wirh less than three ye,lrs of full-time experience attend the annual conference. Those interested should submit a concise lccter outlining their cle1.nonstrated interest in and commitment co industrial archeology or n related field, and one letter of refcre11ce. Deadline for submissions is Apr. L, 2003. Info: M,uy E. McCahon or Patrick H:;trshbarger, SIA Schol,1r5hip$, c/o Lichtenscein Consulting Engineers, One Oxford V,illey, S11ite 818, Langhorne. PA 19047; (215) 752-2206; fox 752-1539. Notice of awards will be made by May l .

Travel Discounts on American Airlines American Airlines is offering discounts from 5% co 15% on the

lowest price fares m Montreal for SIA members. Members need only mention Aurhorhation Number 5763AA when booking either through a crnvel agenror directly. The most direct concacc is through American Airlines Meeting Services, l-800,433, 1790. •

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SITES & STRUCTURES

The fate of the N:nional Regiscer-lisccd New Milford Pumping Station of che Hrickensack Water Co. in Oradell. NJ (see SIAN, Fall 1996) remains undecided. Last year che SlA Board adopted a resolution urging the preservation of che site, which made the made the National Trl1st's "11 Mose Endangered Historic Places" list in June. The NJ Dept. of Environmencal Protection has grant­ed a one-year extension for the variol1S parties to agree to a solll· tion that will preserve the pumping station. Meanwhile, the department reqL1ired thnt Bergen County, which owns the site, pm· tecc the buildings from weather and vandals. To dace, the COllnty, Oradell Borough, and local commlloity groups have not been able co come up with a mutually agreeable program for reuse and preser· vation. In recent years, the county has repeatedly threatened to raze chc pumping sration and claimed chat its preservacion is not financially feasible. Builr between 1882 and 1911, the New Milford Pumping Station includes the filcmtion plant and labs where George Spalding developed the active-carbon filtration sys, tem chat became the industry standard. The pump house has Allis, Chalmers triple-expansion pumping engines installed in 191 l and a Corliss pumping engine installed in 1915.

Also placed on the National Trust's "11 Most Endangered List" were Indiana's historic bridges, nominated by che Hiscoric L.:indm.uks Four'lclation of lndiana with the inter1tion of drawing attention to the need for preserving historic bridges throughout the state. The foundation clnirns chat hundreds of historic bridges have been lost since the 1980s, although there have also been some success stories. The Carroll County (IN) Historic Bridge Coalition recently saved the Paint Creek Bridge, a bowstring trus;; built in 1873 by the Massillon (OH) Bridge Co. The bridge was moved from its original location over Paint Creek, repaired, and relocated to a hiking trail over the Wabash & Erie Canal in north Delphi. Volunteers began the work of moving the bridge in Mar. 1998. They removed the old wood deck and, after receiving a grant, hired a contractor to move the 70-ft.-long truss seven miles to a ware­house. Restoration work began with assistance from Jim Cooper [SIA]. TI1e bridge turned out to be in remarkably good condition, and less than five percem of the original metal parts had to be replaced. Moving the bridge co its new site brought out hundreds

Paint Creek Bridge, built in 1873 by the Massillon Bridge Co.

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of people and the news media. Afccr it had been sec on its new abutments, volunteers set to work decking the bridge with white• oak planks fresh cut on site front donated timber. A documentary video is avai lable, with rhe proceeds to be used in a campaign to preserve other local bridges. To purchase, send S 18 ppd. to Paul Brandenburg, 503 E. Franklin St., Delphi, IN 46923.

Two rare Whipple bowstring truss bridges are under restoration in upstate :--Jew York. Jn Janu(lry, the Black River Canal Museum (Booneville) welcomed home an iron bridge based on the design of noted A1nerican engineer Squire Whipple .ind built by J. M. Whipple of Booneville in the 1850s. The truss bridge originally spanned the canal, but in later years it was relocated to carry a local road over Sugar Creek in nearby Talcottville, where it had stood until its homecoming. In Palmyra, the Aldrich Change Bridge (SIAN, Summer l 998), erected in 1858 over the Erie Canal to allow barge-haulu.1g mules and horses co cross, has been carefully restored and reassembled with the help of Francis Griggs [SIA]. By the end of summer, it will be lifted by a crane onto its new site over the bed of the old Erie Canal in a city park.

On June 29, Calhoun County (MI) sponsored its annual living, history demonstration at Historic Bridge Park, Emmett Twp., easr of Battle Creek. This unique park serves as a site co relocate and preserve truss bridges that have outlived their usefulness on public roads and as a place to practice hiscoric mernl truss manu­facturing ai1d industrial building techniques such as riveting, forge welding, and blacksmithing. This year's living-history day coin• cided with dedication of che restored Gale Road Bridge, a 122-ft.• long Prate through truss. The truss is the largest yet placed i1, the park and is the first co be erected complecdy in che field. Info: Calhoun Co. Community Development, 13300 15 Mile Rd., Marshall, Ml 49068.

The Hojnck Bridge over che Genesee River it, Rochester, NY, contim1es to be under threat oi demolition, although the Coast Guard re.cently delayed its order to have CSX remove the bridge as an obstruction to navigacion. The steel swing bridge was builc in l 905 by the King lron Bridge &. Manufacturing Co. of Cleveland. Local preservationists, including several SIA mem­

bers, have championed the bridge, and the SIA Board passed a resolution of support in )lily 200 I. The Apr. 23 and July 2 issues of the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle have informative articles. Info: Muw.democrarandc/1mnicle.co111.

The Kim:un Viaduct (Kimua Bridge Seate Park, PA) hal> been clt)~ed to railroad traffic due r.o safety con· cems. The viaduct, built in 1882 and rebuilt in 1900, towers 301 ft. above the valley f1oor and was consid­ered the highest rnilro.id bridge in the world when built. It closed tO rail traffic in 1959 and a state park opened around the bridge in 1970. Excursion trains on the Knox, Kane & Kinzua RR began taking tourists across the bridge in 1987, but now that service will be stopped because engineers have determined che piers are not strong enough to support trains crossing the 2,053-ft.-long structure. Pedestrians may still walk across. Info: www.state./Ja.us, keyword: state parks. (NRHS-Wilmington Chapter Newsletrer).

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NOTES & QUERIES James Wadsworth Armstrong (1868-1954) was for many years Baltimore's filtration plant engineer. He had a long and disrin­gltished career designing and upgrading water purification plants. Prior to coming to Bnltimore, Armstrong designed plants for Cedar Rapids, Minneapolis, Momreal, and New Orleans, and was a consultant for Washingto1'I, D.C. Members who may be able to assist a research project on Armstrong's life and activities .ire encouraged co contact Martha Hendrickson, 4 Malbay Colirt, Timoniurn, MD Z 1093-5502; mhendricl<son@l10tmail.com.

Brooklyn Bridge For Sale! Really. lrl July, the Brooklyn Bridge was for sale on e-bay. The opening bid-$10,000 plus shipping and handling. This Brooklyn Bridge was a 75-ycar-old, 100-ft.• long, steel through-miss bridge in Brooklyn, lowa. The seller was the contractor in charge of building its replacemem. Did someone buy the Brooklyn Bridge? As of the close of bidding, no rubes had placed a bid, although more than L8,000 had visited the Web page. We guess the contractor had to d ispose of it in the old-fash­ioned way-as scrap metal.

National Preservation Institute is a nonprofit organization that provides professional training for the managcmenc, development, and preservation of historic, cultural, and environmental resources. NPI offers a wide range of seminars and workshops, many dealing with specific government regulations and guidelines that impact historic sites. A calendar and catalogue arc available: Box 1702, Alexandria, VA 22313; (703) 765-0100; www.npi.org.

Winterthur Museum invites applications for its 2003-04 Resemch Fellowsl1ip Program. Approximately 25 residential fe llowships will be awarded to scholars pursuing topics in American history, art,

arch irccture, decorat ive arts, material culture, and design .. Stipends: $1500 to $2500 per month. Also available are NEH grams, Lois F. McNeil dissertation grants, and short-term fellow­ships to academic <1nd independent scholars, graduate students, and museum and public history professionals. Deadline: Jan. 15. Info: Gretchen Buggein, Dir., Research Fellowship Progmm, Wintcrthur Museum, Wilmingt(111, DE 19735; academic/Jro­gmms@wimer1liur.org; www.1uintercl1ur.org.

Paper proposals are requested on the theme: "Labor, War, and Imperialism" for the 25tb Annual North American Labor History Conference co be held flt W:;iyne Scace University, Detroit, Oct. 16-18, 2003. O rganims are seeking incerdiscipli· Mry perspectives on the ways J.1bor leaders and workers have sup­ported or opposed national efforts in conquest, rerrirorial expan­sion, colonization, and imperialist adventures. Deadline for papers is Mar. l, 2003. Info: Elizabeth Fuue, Coordinator, Depr. of Histnry, 3094 Faculry Adm in. Bldg., Wayne St. Univ., Detroit, Ml 48202; (313) 577·2525; ad5247@wayne.edu.

The Quinque Fellows Program offers practicing co11$ervarion and preservation profcssim,als, based and working in either Scotland or the U.S., an opportunity to undertake a 6-10 week exchange program under the supervision and guidance of a counterpart in cheir field in the opposite country. The fellowship program is structured nround hands-on involvement with preserv,1tion works 111 progress. Applica1'\ts must be able to identify a non-profit orga­nization in their h()me country willing to serve as a sponsor. Info: Hilary Joy, Quinque Foundation, c/o Philanthropic Advisors, 400 Adancic Ave., Boston, MA 02110-333; (617) 574-3553; hjo)1®/,/1ilantliroJ,icadvisor.1 .com. •

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SITES & STRUCTURES (conri1111cd frorn Jiage 20)

Hartford Clamp (tour sit~onnecticut Fa ll Tour, 1998), maker offine woodworkers' clamps since 1917, has annou11ccd it is dos· ilig. The owners, Scott and Marie Westbrook, have already begun to sell off the machinery, and they are seeking a buyer for the building and land. Jo Deaton [SIA] is documenting the shop to

HAER standard5 before it disappears. (SIA NE Clwf,ters Newsletter, v. 22,1, 2002).

G. A. Carlson Lime Kiln (Red Wing, MN) i$ 0 11 the Mitmemta Preservation Alliance's lO Most End,mgered Hiscoric Properties list. Nestled into the base ofBarn Bluff is the L882 lime kiln built by entrepreneur O. A. Carlson. Lime ki lns, used to heat limestone to extreme temperatures to produce the lime necessary for mortar, were instrumental in Red \Ving's economic and industrial devel· opment. The 500 barrels o( lime a day produced by the kilt'I also contributed to the built heritage of Minnesota. Today, the Carlson kiln, within chc Red Wing park system, is in need of basic stabilization measures and suffers from a lack of public visibility and awareness. Burdened by a lack of re-use solutions and severe• ly limited funding, the ciry is unable to sufficiently maintain and interpret this site, so symbolic of Minnesota's industrial past. Info: Bob Frame, Preservation Alliance of Minn., frame@mn/)reserva­tion.org. •

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Findings. Vol. 1, 2 (Spring 2002) includes an article on the jewel­ry industry's participation in the National Recovery Act of 1933. Info: Jane H. Civins, Curator, PJM, Bnx 9650, Providence, RI 02940; (401) 785-8762; jewelsandcoob J8@hotrnail.com.

Harrison Coal & Reclamation Park, located just south of Cadiz, OH, off Seate Route 9, is open year ro~ind from dawn to dusk. le fo;1turcs 23 pieces of machinery associated with coal mip mining in the region, including links from the "Big Muskie,'' rh e world's largest stripping shovel ( tour 5itc..- l 996 foll Tour, dismantled 1999); a 60-ton bottom dump dart; dozers and a pan. Self-guided tour sheets arc available and admission is free. The muselltn's mis· sion is to collect artd preserve surface mining and reclamation equipm~1\t. Their long,tenn goal is to acquire the "Silver Spade," a gia,,c stripping shovel built in 1965 and still in opcratior1 ac Consnlid:ned Coal near New Athens. Info: HCRP, Box 116, Holloway, OH 43985. •

Society for lndusiria! Archeology Newsletter, Vc>l.3 l, Nos. J-4. 2002

CHAPTER NEWS Northern Ohio ttJured the Cleveland Quarries i11 Amherst in June. Sar1dsr.one producers since 1868, Cleveland Quarries, a division of American Stone Corp., is rhe lasr of many that once opernted in this .1rea, knuwn as rhc Berea Fnnnation. After viewing a company video, p.trticip;mts toured the cutti11g mill, with its army of specialized snws, and the finishing mill, where skilled stone cutters and carvers were at work. Last stop w ,iS the qllarry itsel f, where the chapter's guide, Vice Prcside11t and General Mannger Steve M;,scm, expbined rhc blasring process. (A blistering hot day, the workers here had been sent home enrly.) Cleveland Quarries produces building stone, including cur stone, rock-faced nshlnr, patio scone, ,md architcccttral details. It ;ilsn h.is a s11b~rnncinl restoration trade.

Pltssengcr ferry Yankee, shown here on the Hudson River with Jersey City !11 tlte background, was toured by the Roebling Chapter in Aug.

O liver Ev,\ns (Philadelphia) rook co the Delnware River f()r a borit tour in May. Philadelphia's waterfront is undergoing rapid redevelopment, bur there is sti ll plenty of lA interest, including the Port Richmnnd Coal Depot and che Navy Yard. The chapter held it::; annu;1l meeting and picnic ac the Atwater Kent Museum in June. The mllscum was founded in 1938 by rad io manufactur­er At.water Kent. Curators gave a presentation on the recent merging of the artifact collections of the Acw;ner Kent anJ the H iscorical Society of PcMsylvania.

Roebling (Greater NY-NJ). In July, the chapter was invited aboard the}o/m J. Harvey, a 130-ft.-long, Diesel-electric, twin-screw, fire­boat built by Todd Shipyard, Brooklyn, In 19.3 t. Pmtlcipanrs were

NEWS OF MEMBERS In Fall 2002, Greg Galer completed Forginl{ Ahead: The Ames Family of Easton, Mam1d11t.1ettS and Two Cemuries of Industrial Ence1'1>risc; 1635,1861, a disseru1tion for MIT's Docroral Program i11 rhe History of Social Study of Science & Technology. Greg examines the elevation of shovel-making fr~>1n ii crafc ma mass• production industry. The dis~ertation ,1lso expll)rcs the role of kinship in the shovel business itself, the puddling and forging shops of Horacio Ames in Fall Village, CT, nnd the bl.lst furnaces run by William Ames in Franklin and Wawayimda, NJ . Greg's d issertation has been published. The heavily illustrated volume (364 pp.) can be ordered by sending ,1 check for $20 made out to "Sronehi ll College" c/o G reg Galer, Curator, Stonehill Industrial History Center, 320 Washington Sc .. Euston, MA 02357.

Eric D eLony was acknowledged for his leader,hip and vision in raising public awareness and establishing ,1rchival standards for preserving and documenting America's historic roads and bridges at the National Trust's Preserving rlie I-1i.11oric Road in America con­ference in Omaha in April. T he award recognized Eric for his work as chief of the Historic A111eric.1n Engineering Record (HAER) and his efforts to ensure that the dcslgn and engineering legacies of the past wi II be remembered ar1.d respected b11 fucurc generarions. •

Sociec;1 for lndwitrial Arc/1eolo1D Newsletter, Vol.31, Nos . .3-4, 2002

given a guided tour of the boat docked ,1t Pier 63, then cruised the harbor with water displuys from the bout's monicors. The chapter took to the w.iter <1gt1in in August :1l10,ml rhe Yanl<ee, a passenger ferry built in 1907 by the Ncnfic and Levi Ship&. Engine Bui lding Co. of Phi ladelphia. Owner James Gallagher began rcscoration of the ferry in l 990 and n<lw operates it fo r private cruises and parties. Members enjoyed a barbeque on board.

Southern New Englund toured the LcBaron Foundry in Brockton, MA, in M,1y. LeBaron is New England's largest manufactllrer of 'mun.icip,il' custings- manhole covers and just about any other kind of casting found in the scrcer. In June, the chapter visited the Genuine Forgi:ry in Hanover, MA. Owt\cr Ray Larsen, a fonner forger nt C. Drew & Co. in Kingscon, makes extremely high quali­ty tools for boar blli lclers and crad i clonal woodworkers. •

SIA Welcomes New Chapter- Wabash & Ohio. In June, d,e SIA Board approved the formadon of the Wub,1sh & Ohio Chapter of the SIA. This chapter covers l11tliana, northern Kcnrucky, and souchem Ohio from Columbus to the Ohio River. The chapter's name reflects the imporcancc of chc Wabash and Ohio rivers, and the canals that connect· ed chem, co the region's industrial history. All persons in the region with professional or avocational interests in IA arc invired co join. Info: Bob Bernacki, Box 3188, Bloomington, IN 47402; bob@bemacki.com. •

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2002 Oct. 17-19: Pioneer America Society Annual Conference, Springfield, IL. Theme: Culwml Crossroads. Info: Tracey Sculle, Historic Preservation Agency, Old State Capitol, Springfield, IL 62701; (217) 785-4324; Tracey_Sculfo@IHPA.srace.il.us.

Oct. 17 -20: S1A Fcill Tour, Leliigli Valley, Ec1ston, PA. Hosted bv the National Canal Museum. Info: Lance Metz, NCM, 30 Centre Sq., Easton PA 18042; (6 (0) 559-6613.

Oct. 17-20: Society for the History of Technology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario. Info: ivivw.shoc.jlm.edu.

Oct. 23-26: Assn. of Railway Museums Annual Conference, Dallas, TX. Seminar, tours, and excursion trains. Info: www.rail­iuaymu.icums.org.

2003 Jan. 14-19: Society for Historical Archaeology and the Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology Annual Conference, Providence, Rl. Theme: Trade and Industrialization. Info: ,www.sha.org.

Jan. 20,24: First International Conference on Construction History, Madrid, Spain. Hosted by Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (School of Architecture in Madrid). Info: www.aq. u/im. es/co11scn1ccio11-hiswry/

Mar. 26-30: American Society for Environmental History Annual Meeting, Providence, Rl. Info: wivw2.h-net.msu.edu/-asch/ or Ravi Rajan, ASEH Program Chair, Dept. of Environ. Srudics, Univ. of CA, Snnta Cruz, CA 95064: srrajan@car.s.ucsc.edi1.

Apr. 23-27: Society of Architectural Historians Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. lnfo: wwiv.sali.org.

May 3: Kanawha Valley Chemical Heritage Symposium, Charleston, WV. Sponsored by the WV Univ. Inst. for the History of Technology and IA. Paper se~~ions on the early salt

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industry and 20rh-c. chemical engineering: ammonia, nylon, fer­tilizer, plascics, antifreeze. Info: Lee Maddex or Michael Workman, IHTIA, 1535 Mileground, Morgantown, WV 26505; (304) 293-2513; lmadde:.-@wvu.edu or mivorkma2@ivvu.edu .

May 29,Jtm. 1: SIA 32,id Anmml Conference, Montreal, Quebec. See mtide elsewhere in rhis issue. Deadline for paf,er proposals is Nov. 15. General info: James Bouchard, (514) 251-5148; fax 251-5[26; jrnnesb@aei.ca. Paper session it1fo: Louise Trottier, Canada Science and Technology Mu,eum, 2380 Lancaster Rd. , Box. 9724, Stacion T, Ottawa, ON, Canada KlO 5A3; (613) 991-6705; fax 990-3636; ltrottier@nr11..1tc.ca.

June S-8: Vernacular Architecture Forum Annual Conference, St.-Pierre et Miquelon. St.-Pierre and Miquelon arc French ter­ritorial islands off the coast of Newfoundland. Tours and papers related to maritime and provit1cial architecture. Info: www.ver• 11aculararc/1itecture. org.

Jidy 1-6: National Railway Historical Society and the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Joint Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD. "Star Spangled Rails." Celebrates 175 years of American railroading on the anniversary of the charter of the B&O RR. Excursiot'l trains nnd recreation of the 192 7 "Fair of che Iron Horse" at the B&O mllseum. Info: ivww.starspanglecli-ails.org.

Jitly 10-14: T ICCIH 12th International Congress, Moscow, Russia. Theme: Preservation of industrial heritage and rehabili­tacion of old industrial centers. Post-conference tours to mini11g and mernllurgical sites in the Urals. Info: Eugene Luganov, Inst. of Material Culture, Box 65, Ekaterinburg, B-109, Russia; l11ganov@online. urQl. 1·u; WVJW. ciccili2003 . ur. ru.

Oct. 16-18: 25th Annual North American Labor History Conference, Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI. Conference theme is "Labor, W.ir, and Imperialism." See article in chis issue. Info: El izabeth Faue, Dept. of History, 3094 Faculty Adn1in. Bldg., Wayne St. Univ., Detroit, Ml 48202; (313) 577-6987; ad5 2 4 7@waync.edit. •

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