IA on the Internet

This column will feature IA content on the internet which is of interest to
our members. The sites listed here are good starting places if for no other
reason that they contain links to related sites. Remember that the internet,
and the web in particular, is very dynamic, so web addresses can change
(and some even disappear) over time. [Links updated as of 01/2005 - Jay]

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The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) is an academically
oriented sister organization to the Society for Industrial Archeology. Their
organization and journal (Technology and Culture) tends to cover the
cultural and societal implications of technology. The home page for SHOT
is:

http://shot.press.jhu.edu/

The home page for their newsletter is:

http://shot.press.jhu.edu/Newsletters/Newsletters_Main_Page.htm

The Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering
Record (HABS/HAER) is now on the web. The site contains a description
of the program and its products (measured drawings, large format
photography, written history and the collections), how to get copies of
drawings, a list of publications, listings of jobs, competitions, projects,
partnerships and documentation standards. Last, they provide access to a
search into the HABS/HAER Database, an automated national inventory
of over 32,800 historic structures and sites.

http://www.cr.nps.gov/habshaer/habs/index.htm

Vagel Keller has put together a web site which does a nice job of covering
the industrial and railroad heritage of southwestern Pennsylvania and
related areas. Among the pages are information and status of the East
Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, a narrow gauge line that hauled
freight and passengers in south-central Pennsylvania from 1874 to 1956.

This web site contains coverage of the AIHP. Pennsylvaniasupports a
project known as America's Industrial Heritage Project, which encourages
the development of tourism based on the coal, iron & steel, and
transportation industries in seven Southwestern Pennsylvania counties. It
is a 10-year, Federally funded program begun in 1989.

Last, the site contains content on the Rockhill Iron & Coal Company was
the reason for the East Broad Top Railroad's existence, an 1870's Iron
Making Primer, and other topics. Link updated 10/06 jay

http://home.comcast.net/~VagelKeller/IndustrialHeritage.htm

Society for the History of
Technology

HABS/HAER

Industrial Heritage
Homepage

Ahead of the Torch
This well-executed web site, which bills itself as the "Online Journal of
Railroad and Industrial Preservation", contains areas covering railroad

Samuel Knight Chapter SIA Newsletter

May 9, 1997

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