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THE DREW SYMPOSIUM:
THE ANNUAL ROEBLING CHAPTER SYMPOSIUM ON THE INDUSTRIAL ARCHEOLOGY OF THE NY-NJ REGION, at DREW UNIVERSITY

CONTENTS OF PAST DREW SYMPOSIUMS
Assembled by Thomas Flagg
(Note: information for the first ten symposiums is taken from flyers; in a few cases it is possible that, at the actual symposium, different talks were substituted.)
(Lunch for all these symposiums has been arranged by Nanci Batchelor)


FIRST ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: Sept. 12 (?), 1981:
Thorwald Torgerson, Founder and Coordinator of the Symposium

"Historic Bridges"
Abba Lichtenstein

"New York Harbor Archeology"
Ed Rutsch

"Industrial Archeology in Northwest Jersey"
Dave Peiffer

Plus: A Variety of Short Subjects
Including slides of Washburn Wire Co. (recently shut down) and past IA trips



SECOND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: Oct. 16, 1982

"The Archeology of the South Jersey Glass Industry"
by Don Pettifer, of Wheaton Historical Village of Millville

"Iron Mine Railroads of New Jersey"
Larry Lowenthal: Author and Historian

"Switch Back Railroad at Mauch Chunk" - The Only Movie Existing
Lance Metz, Easton Canal Museum

"Long Pond Furnace Site at West Milford Township: Work in Progress"
Ed Rutsch: Industrial Archeologist and Preservationist

"Iron Rope in America: History of Wire Cable"
Donald Sayenga: cable expert with Bethlehem Steel

"Hopper Grist Mill Site in Mahwah"
Jo Ann Cotz: Industrial Archeologist

"Chalk Pits Museum in West Sussex"
Ian Dean

"Whitesbog: A Pine Barrens Cranberry Plantation"
Herbert Githins: Industrial Archeologist

"Westway Industrial History on New York City's West Side"
Dave Church: Geologist and Industrial Archeologist

"A Photo History of The Delaware and Hudson Canal"
Edwin D. LeRoy: Historian and Author



THIRD ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: Oct. 19, 1983

"Closing the Morris Canal Recovery of Plane 9W Turbine"
James Lee

"The Wonders of Anthracite", 1928 film by Lehigh Coal & Navigation
Lance Metz

"The SOHO Works, Belleville, NJ, 1795-1805"
Ed Rutsch

"Baltimore Museum of Industry: Ideas for New York"
Dennis Zembala

"Forging Iron at Valley Forge, PA"
Helen Schenck: Historian and Researcher, Univ. of Pennsylvania

"The "Saga of 249" Recovery of a Lehigh Canal Boat"
Stephen Hardick: Underwater Search and Recovery Expert

"Americas' Love Affair with the Auto: A Cultural View"
Pat Malone: Historian and Curator; Past President SIA

"Schuylerville, Real and Idealized: Archeology and History of a Champlain Canal Town"
Gimigliano: Historian and Cultural Geographer

"The Archeology of Black Powder Mills, Wayne, NJ"
Ed Lenik: Historian and Archeologist



FOURTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: Oct. 27, 1984

"Bush Terminal: The Apex of Integrated Warehouse Design"
Thomas Flagg

"Ford's Edgewater Plant: History and Reuse"
James C. A. Thompson: Architectural Historian

"Archeology of the Delaware & Raritan Canal"
Brian Morrell: Archeologist

"Recent Discoveries of Delaware and Raritan Canal Vessels"
Capt. William McKelvey: Canal Historian and Author

"Prallsville Mills, Stockton on the Delaware"
Edward Rutsch

"Bethlehem Steel's Blowing Engineers, Operating on Film"
Made by Lance Metz: Program Director and Historian, Canal Museum, Hugh Moore Park, presented by Dr. Edward Steers

"Process and Product: The Making of Steel and Iron"
Jack Chard: Metallurgist and Historian

"Pemberton and the New Mills Company"
Herb Githins: Industrial Archeologist

"NYC Transit Power Stations 1902-1960"
Gerald Weinstein: Industrial History Photographer



FIFTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: Sept. 28, 1985

"Anthracite Iron Furnaces Along the Lehigh River"
Craig Bartholomew: Historian of the Iron Industry

"Technology of Carfloating in New York Harbor"
Thomas Flagg: Transportation Historian

"Warner Sugar Refining Company: A Sugar Refinery on the Hudson"
Kenneth Hanson: Historian and Author

"A Photographic History of Coal Strip Mining Equipment"
Capt. William McKelvey: Historian and Author

"Pennsylvania's Delaware Division Canal: A 1924 Motion Picture Record"
Lance Metz: Curator at the Canal Museum at Easton

"Recording the Remains of Brooklyn's Ridgewood Aqueduct"
Edward Rutsch: Industrial Archeologist and Author

"The Gravity Coal Railroads of Pennsylvania"
Dr. Edward Steers: Railroad Historian and Educator

"Ford's Edgewater Plant: an Investigation of the Assembly Line"
James C. A. Thompson: Architectural Historian

"The Newark City Railway and the Morris Canal"
Thorwald Torgerson: Electric Railway Historian



SIXTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: Oct. 11, 1986
Terry Karschner is now the Symposium Coordinator

"Historic Railroad Stations: Reuse and Reality"
Lynn Drobbin, New Jersey Transit Corp.

"Gas Generating Plants for Domestic Illumination"
Leah Burt, Edison National Historic Site

"The History & Development of the John A. Roebling Sons Company"
Clifford Zink, Trenton Roebling Community Dvlpmt. Corp.

"Watts-Campbell Steam Engine Company, Newark"
Ulana Zakalak, Preservation Consultant

"Industrial Archeology Perspective"
Thorwald Torgerson, President, SIA

"The Influence of the Dundee Canal on the Development of Passaic, NJ"
Patricia Condel, Historic Conservation & Interpretation, Inc.

"William Rau, Photographer of Industry: Glass Lantern Slides of the Delaware Valley 1895-1925"
Lance Metz, Canal Museum at Easton

"Kaboom, a HAERy Summer at Picatinny Arsenal"
Sandy Norman, Slater Mill Historical Museum

"Charcoal and Iron: The Evolution of the Iron Industry in Southern New Jersey"
David Muidge, Bureau of Environmental Analysis, NJDOT



SEVENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: Oct. 17, 1987
(the Symposium is now cosponsored by both the Drew Univ. Dept. of Anthropology and the NJ Office of New Jersey Heritage)

"Thomas A. Edison and the Mount Society: West Orange During the Edison Era"
Mary Ann Hellrigel, Edison National Historic Site

"Worker's Housing in Sussex County, New Jersey"
Dorothy Hartman, Historian

"Building the Golden Gate Bridge" (Film)
Lance Metz, Canal Museum at Easton

"Trenton Steel in the 18th Century"
Richard Hunter, Historic Archeologist

"Historical Overview of Working Paterson"
Prof. Henry Bischoff, Ramapo College of New Jersey

"Archaeological Investigation of the Portside Project Area, Jersey City:
The Harbor End of the Morris Canal; Dummer's Glass Works; and the Adirondack's Crucible Steel Works"
Pat Condell and Edward Rutsch, Historic Conservation and Interpretation

"East Creek Saw Mill Site: 1784-1920"
Edward M. Morin, Louis Berger and Associates

"The Banknote Industry: Artist as Toolmaker"
Robert K. Holton, Treasurer, Roebling Chapter

"Phillipsburg Water Pumping Steam Engines: Garden State Water Company"
Leedom Lefferts, Drew University



EIGHTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: Nov. 5, 1988
Thomas Flagg is now the Symposium Coordinator
(Nanci Batchelor remains the Food Organizer)

GREYSTONE GAS WORKS
Bierce Riley

HISTORIC GRIST MILLS IN CHESTER COUNTY, PA: TWO CASE STUDIES IN PROGRESS
John R. Bowie, Restoration Architect

THE LAKEHURST SHOPS: AN ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF A NINETEENTH-CENTURY LOCOMOTIVE REPAIR FACILITY
Phillip Perazio, Stephanie DiPetrillo, of Research & Archaeological Management; and Thomas R. Flagg

ADAPTIVE REUSE OF STEAM EQUIPMENT AT BERGEN TECH
Frank Vopasek, Chief Engineering Instructor, Bergen County Vocational Tech

NEW DIRECTIONS IN DEP: URBAN HERITAGE PARKS, DISCOVERY SITES MASTERPLANS, AND LEGISLATION
Gary Wheeler Stone, Natural and Historic Resources

THE PROSPECT POINT LIME KILN, OSSINING, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY
Edward Rutsch, Historic Conservation and Interpretation

DIGGING CLAY IN THE DREARY SAND HILLS: A PRELIMINARY OVERVIEW OF THE EMERGENCE, GROWTH, AND DEMISE OF THE CLAY INDUSTRY IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Jim Musser, Rutgers University History Dept.

SAVING A PIECE OF BERGEN COUNTY'S ECONOMIC HISTORY:
RELOCATION AND RESTORATION OF THE GRIST MILL
Ruth Van Wagoner, Director, Bergen County Cultural and Historic Affairs

MAKING AND SHAPING OF ALLIED STEEL: A BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY FILM, 1937
Lance Metz, Canal Museum

NJ INDUSTRIAL HABS RECORDS
Terry Karschner, NJDEP



NINTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: Nov. 11, 1989

NON-FERROUS METALS INDUSTRY IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ
Jim Musser

MILK ON THE RAILS: RAILROADS AND THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IN THE NORTHEAST
Robert E. Mohowski

REHABILITATION OF AN 1896 DECK TRUSS BRIDGE OVER THE ROCKAWAY RIVER IN BOONTON, NJ, AND OTHER BRIDGE PROJECTS
Abba Lichtenstein and Joe Pullaro, A. G. Lichtenstein Associates

SUBMARINE ESCAPE TRAINING TANK, NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE, GROTON, CT: DOCUMENTATION FOR THE HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD
John R. Bowie

"IT COULD HAPPEN HERE": A WARTIME FILM FROM BETHLEHEM STEEL ON WHAT DO IF YOUR STEEL PLANT IS BOMBED
Lance Metz

THE CLOCK STOPS: COLGATE'S JERSEY CITY PLANT
Gerry Weinstein and Thomas Flagg, Raber Associates

RECENTLY DOCUMENTED FEATURES OF THE D&R CANAL IN TRENTON, NJ
Edward Morin and John Hotopp (scheduled, but may not have occurred)

BLOOMERY IRON AND CRUCIBLE STEEL: THE NEW YORK NEW JERSEY CONNECTION
Robert B. Gordon

BULL'S HEAD MARKET: EVOLUTION OF A LIVE ANIMAL MARKET IN MANHATTAN
Edward Rutsch and Pat Condell



TENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: Nov. 3, 1990

LUMBERING IN THE HIGHLANDS THREE CENTURIES OF FOREST INDUSTRY PRACTICE AND PRODUCTS
Edward Lenik

THE PERIAGUER: TRADITIONAL WORKBOAT OF THE NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY REGION
Kevin Olsen

"SHIPWAYS": A 1946 FILM ON BETHLEHEM STEEL SHIPBUILDING
Lance Metz

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CATENARY OF THE NEW HAVEN RAILROAD LINE
Michael Savchak

AN EARLY POWER CANAL IN RARITAN BOROUGH, NJ
Linda House

DIGGINGS ON THE SADDLE RIVER: THREE INDUSTRIAL SITES IN NJ
Phillip Perazio

"REELS ARE TURNING": VIDEO DOCUMENTATION OF THE 1853 WATER WHEEL RESTORATION AT HISTORIC SPEEDWELL, NJ
Sarah Haskins



ELEVENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: Nov. 2, 1991

CHARCOAL BURNER'S APPRENTICE: AN OLD NJ TRADE
Bierce Riley, VicePresident, Roebling Chapter SIA

JOHN HALLOCK'S CASTOR OIL MILLS IN SOUTH JERSEY, c.1815-1824
Paul Schopp, Historical Consultant, & Carter Litchfield, Olearius Editions

THE MOUNT HOPE MINE SITE: A CASE FOR PRESERVATION
Dave Bogert, Chairman, Waterpower Citizens Advisory Committee of Mt. Hope

STERLING HILL ZINC MINE: ONE OF AMERICA'S FIRST INDUSTRIES, AND ITS PRESERVATION
Bernard Thomas Kozykowski, Architect & Planner

NEWARK, NJ: THE CONCURRENCE OF IA SITES AND CONTAMINATION SITES
Mark Zdepski, Consulting Geologist

INDUSTRIAL FORM IN THE HEART OF THE METROPOLIS:
THE PHELPS-DODGE LAUREL HILL ELECTROLYTIC COPPER REFINERY, 1895-1986
Thomas Flagg, Photo Recording Associates; Director, SIA

DOCUMENTATION OF TWO HISTORIC BRIDGES IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
Ron Giamario, A. G. Lichtenstein Associates (this talk may not have been given)

THE INDUSTRIAL ARCHEOLOGY OF A GENTLEMAN'S FARM: SKYLANDS 1892-1921
Nancy L. Gibbs & Edward J. Lenik, Sheffield Archaeological Consultants

GASIFICATION: Gas Works on Manhattan
Jim Musser, Roebling Chapter SIA



TWELFTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: Oct 3, 1992

MENDHAM, NJ'S WATER POWERED INDUSTRIAL SITES
Bierce Riley, President, Roebling Chapter SIA

BIOGRAPHY OF AN ENTERPRISE: THE BOTANY MILLS, PASSAIC, NJ
Joan Geismar

PHOTO DOCUMENTATION OF BETHLEHEM STEEL'S FORGING DIVISION
Joseph Elliott

THE BOATMEN'S HORN: A VIDEO OF LIFE AND WORK ON THE DELAWARE AND THE LEHIGH CANALS
Lance Metz and Vincent Monello, Hugh Moore Park Museums

THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD, 1906-1986
Gerry Weinstein

PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGER CARS AT THE RAILROAD MUSEUM OF NEW ENGLAND
Howard Pincus

GOING UNDERGROUND: AN INDUSTRY'S ADAPTATION TO URBANIZATION -
A BROOKLYN ROPEWALK FROM CIRCA 1835
Cece Kirkorian, Betsy Kearns, Robert Stewart: Historic Perspectives, Inc.

THE PALEOINDUSTRIAL PERIOD: 17TH CENTURY SITES IN MANHATTAN
Edward Rutsch, Historic Conservation & Interpretation



THIRTEENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: October 30, 1993

THE STOVE AND THE PLOW: THE ART OF THE PEEKSKILL FOUNDRIES
Kirk Maldoff, Peekskill Historic Preservation Board

PHOENIX SECTION BRIDGES IN NEW JERSEY: THE ARTIFACT AND THE RECORD
Mary McCahon and Patrick Harshbarger, A. G. Lichtenstein Associates

SAILORS IN THE MOUNTAINS, NEW JERSEY'S FRESHWATER STEAMBOATS
Kevin Olsen, North Jersey Highlands Historical Society

WINDPOWERED LINSEED OIL MILLS: TWO EARLY NEW JERSEY EXPERIMENTS
Carter Litchfield and Paul Schopp, Olearius Editions

DOCUMENTATION OF THE FAIRLESS STEEL WORKS
Lance Metz, Hugh Moore Historical Park and Museums

THE BROOKLYN CLAY RETORT AND FIRE BRICK WORKS: A MID19TH C. INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN BROOKLYN
Betsy Bradley, Architectural Historian, NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

FACTORY ARCHITECTURE IN THE NY REGION: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE
Thomas Flagg, Photo Recording Associates

REPLICATION TO SCALE AS HISTORIC PRESERVATION: MODELING INDUSTRIAL SCENES AND OPERATIONS
Tony Koester, Nickel Plate Technical & Historical Society

SPECIAL SHOWING: IA IN MINIATURE
Ron Parisi: Diorama of West Side Elevated Freight Line
Tom Lane: Bridgebuilding in Miniature



DREW SYMPOSIUM 13 OVERFLOW: January 8, 1994 (part of the RCSIA Annual Meeting)

THE IRON INDUSTRY IN BLOOMINGDALE, NJ
Bierce Riley, President Roebling Chapter SIA

AN UNUSUAL TEXTILE MILL IN HARLEM: THE JOSEPH LOTH & COMPANY SILK RIBBON MILL
Betsy Bradley, New York City Landmarks Commission

THE NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND CEMENT AND LIME COMPANY:
A CASE STUDY IN MATERIALS HANDLING INDUSTRIAL ARCHEOLOGY
Jim Musser, VicePresident, Roebling Chapter, SIA

THE BROOKLYN ARMY TERMINAL
Thomas Flagg, Symposium Coordinator



FOURTEENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: Oct. 8, 1994

I. P. BARTLEY AND THE BRIDGES OF MORRIS COUNTY
Bierce Riley President, RCSIA

WHALE OIL, ROSIN, CANNEL COAL, WHISKEY, NAPHTHA, AND BLUE BILLY:
19TH CENTURY GAS WARS ALONG THE HUDSON
Bob Stewart, Historical Technologies

'SLAG OF THE BUTCHER SHOP': THE MARGARINE'S INDUSTRY'S ROCKY BEGINNINGS
Celia Bergoffen, College of Staten Island, CUNY

WORK BOATS: DOCUMENTING THE VESSEL GRAVEYARDS OF NEW YORK HARBOR
Gerry Weinstein, Thomas Flagg, Norman Brouwer, Michael Raber, of Raber Associates

EARLY CENTRAL STEAM HEATING SYSTEMS IN NEW YORK
Jim Musser, Musser Historical Consultants

GUSTAVE LINDENTHAL AND THE HELL GATE BRIDGE
Norman Feuer

DOCUMENTING THE BLAST FURNACES OF BETHLEHEM STEEL
Lance Metz, Hugh Moore Park Museums



FIFTEENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: October 28, 1995

NEW JERSEY COPPER MINING IN THE 18TH CENTURY
Mark Zdepski, JMZ Geology

THE BASCULE BRIDGE IN THE NEW YORK REGION Robert Stewart, Historical Technologies

INDUSTRIAL ARCHEOLOGY OF THE PUTNAM DIVISION OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RR
Jim Musser, Musser Hist. Research

THE CRAFT SHOPS OF BETHLEHEM STEEL
Lance Metz, Hugh Moore Park Museums

A LOOK AT MARINE STEAM MACHINERY BUILDERS IN THE PORT OF NEW YORK
Charles Lawesson, RCSIA

ENGINEERING THE HUDSON: THE CREATION OF A HISTORIC LANDSCAPE
Wendy Harris and Arnold Pickman, Environmental Analysis Branch,
New York District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

RECENT INDUSTRIAL ARCHEOLOGY PROJECTS IN THE REGION
Ed Rutsch, Historic Conservation & Interpretation

INDUSTRIAL ARCHEOLOGY OF THE FLOAT BRIDGE AT NEW YORK
Thomas R. Flagg, Photo Recording Associates and Symposium Coordinator

A LOOK AT THE PORT OF NEW YORK AT MID-CENTURY
William Rau, Editor of Steamboat Bill, Steamship Historical Society


SIXTEENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: Oct. 26, 1996

ORNAMENTED MACHINES: 19TH CENTURY DESIGN
Julie Wosk, SUNY Maritime College

NICKEL PROCESSING IN NJ FROM CAMDEN TO CONSTABLE HOOK
Jim Musser, RCSIA and Paul Schopp, Historical Consultant

THE STEAMBOAT ERA ON THE HUDSON RIVER
Roger Mabie

FILM: REPAIR OF STOCKHOLM IN A NEW YORK HARBOR SHIPYARD
and: Presentation on the new National Canal Museum in Easton
Lance Metz, Hugh Moore Park Museum

THE BRIDGE UNDER THE PARLOR WING: MOHONK MOUNTAIN HOUSE
Bierce Riley, RCSIA

MORRIS CANAL: CURRENT PROJECTS
Bob Barth, Canal Society of NJ

HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE PATERSON HISTORIC INDUSTRIAL LANDMARK DISTRICT,
AS ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE AID OF THE SILK CITY AMERICORPS PROJECT
Edward S. Rutsch, Americorps Teacher



SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: November 1, 1997
(first symposium using the now-required Drew-approved caterer instead of lunches prepared by Nanci Batchelor)

REHABILITATION OF METRO NORTH'S PARK AVENUE VIADUCT AND RESTORATION OF 125TH STREET STATION
Walter Sewell, Director, Capital Programs, Metro North Commuter RR, with Lynn Drobbin, Lynn Drobbin Associates

NEW YORK'S LEADING SHIPBUILDERS OF THE 19TH CENTURY, AND HOW THEY BUILT A WOODEN HULL
Charles Lawesson, RCSIA

IVES TOYS MAKE HAPPY BOYS
Cece Saunders, Historical Perspectives; Robert Stewart, Historical Technologies

LANDFILL AND SHORELINES IN THE PORT OF NEW YORK
Donald Squires, Professor Emeritus of Marine Sciences, Univ. of Conn.

FULPER POTTERY: THE POTTER'S ART
Gordon Gray, Princeton University

FIREBOATS OF THE NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT
Al Trojanowicz, New York City Fire Department



EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: October 17, 1998

INTRODUCTION: Cathy Nessmer, Drew Univ. Dir. of Continuing Education:
The New Drew University Program in Historic Conservation

IRON IN THE HIGHLANDS: HIGHLANDS IRON CONSERVANCY PROJECT
Steve Gross

FORGING IN THE HIGHLANDS:
Joe Macasek & Bierce Riley, Roebling Chapter, SIA

BRACING RUINS: SOUTHFIELD FURNACE, CHARGING BRIDGE AND CASTING HOUSE, ORANGE COUNTY, NY
Carla Cielo, Architectural and Masonry Conservator

HISTORIC RR OPERATING AND DISPATCHING PRACTICES IN THE NORTHERN NJ REGION
Robert Mohowski

STEEL SPANS THE CHESAPEAKE (Bethlehem Steel film from the 1950s)
Lance Metz, National Canal Museum

THE SPOILS OF DREDGING: KEEPING THE CHAMPLAIN CANAL OPEN
Michael Raber and Gerry Weinstein, Raber Associates

DIKES, DITCHES AND DUMPS: INDUSTRIAL MICROCOSM ON THE KEARNY MEADOWS
Mike McGowan and Mark Zdepski, JMZ Geology

THE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM:
THE RESTORATION OF RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE ON THE CAMDEN & AMBOY RAILROAD
Lynn Drobbin, John Mann, Paul Schopp

IA OF THE COASTING TRADE IN THE HACKENSACK RIVER VALLEY
Kevin Olsen



NINETEENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: Oct. 23, 1999

ARTISTRY IN HEAVY METAL: THE MANHOLE COVER
Diana Stuart

THE LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD IN PERTH AMBOY
Dave Pearce

COLORING AMERICA'S SKYLINE: THE INDUSTRIAL ARCHEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY'S
TERRA COTTA INDUSTRY
Richard Veit, Monmouth University

RECORDING HISTORIC CONRAIL BRIDGES IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
Lance Metz, National Canal Museum

BERGEN VO-TECH'S WORLD OF STEAM
Frank Vopasek, Steam Engineer

FATE OF THE PHELPS-DODGE SITE, MASPETH, QUEENS
Curtis Cravens, Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center

THE DROP OF THE BALL: HISTORIC TIMEPIECES IN NEW YORK CITY
Davidson Norris, Architect, New York City

SHORT TALKS:
PRESERVING HISTORIC PATERSON David Soo
UPCOMING SIA YEAR 2000 ANNUAL CONFERENCE: DULUTH Mary Habstritt



TWENTIETH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: October 28, 2000

FROM RAILS TO RUBBER: PIONEERING HIGHWAYS IN THE NYNJ REGION
Thomas Flagg, Photo Recording Associates
(associated field tour for RCSIA members on Nov. 11)

POWERING PRODUCTION: INDUSTRIAL USES OF STEAM
Conrad Milster, Pratt Institute

HERSHEY ICE ARENA: LARGEST MONOLITHIC THIN-SHELLED CONCRETE STRUCTURE IN NORTH AMERICA
Ed Saliklis, Prof. of Engineering, Lafayette College

DRY DOCKS OF NEW YORK HARBOR, 1827-1860
Charles Lawesson, RCSIA

A QUARTER CENTURY IN THE STEAM RACKET
Frank Vopasek, Steam Engineer, Bergen Academy of Hackensack

20 YEARS BEHIND THE GROUND GLASS: DOCUMENTING IA WITH THE VIEW CAMERA
Gerry Weinstein, Photo Recording Associates

SHORTER PRESENTATIONS INCLUDED:
Upcoming 2002 Annual SIA Conference in Brooklyn by Mary Habstritt



TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: October 27, 2001

START: moment of silence for Thorwald Torgerson (d. Aug. 2001)

ONE LAST LOOK: THE LACKAWANNA MU CARS
Bob Bahrs, Norfolk Southern with Bob Hart & others

POWERING PRODUCTION: INDUSTRIAL USES OF STEAM, PART II
Conrad Milster

BANNERMAN'S ISLAND: CASTLE & ARMS WAREHOUSE ON THE HUDSON
Thom Johnson & Jim Logan, The Bannerman Castle Trust (Bannermancastle.org)

EASTERN PA TEXTILE MILLS: A HUNDRED WAYS TO WRECK A HISTORIC SILK MILL
Lance Metz, Carol Front, Martha CapwellFox, National Canal Museum

"TRAILING" THE MONTCLAIR: THE NEW YORK AND GREENWOOD LAKE RY AND THE REUSE OF ITS RIGHTOFWAY
Kevin Olsen, North Jersey Highlands Historical Soc.

ELEGANT BRUTE: THE H&M RAILROAD POWERHOUSE
John Gomez, Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy

THE MCMYLER COAL DUMPER at PORT READING: PAST & FUTURE
Andrea Lodato, Cultural Resources Group & Thomas Flagg, Photo Recording Associates



TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: November 2, 2002

HORSE APPLES: THE IA OF MANURE
William Wilkie, Roebling Chapter SIA

THE BROWNSTONE QUARRYING INDUSTRY IN NEW JERSEY
Mark Zdepski, JMZ Geology, Flemington, NJ

AMERICAN AQUEDUCTS
Abba Lichtenstein

THE BERGEN ARCHES: FROM RAILS TO RAIN FOREST
Len Resto and John Gomez: Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SIA BROOKLYN CONFERENCE
Scenes from the Tours

KEEPING A WOODEN BOAT AFLOAT: THE PRESERVATION OF LV NO. 79
David Sharps, Waterfront Museum

THE ENGINEERIUM: BUILDING A MUSEUM
Gerry Weinstein, Photo Recording Associates

NEW JERSEY TRANSPORTATION HERITAGE CENTER UPDATE
William McKelvey, Canal Captain's Press



TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: October 25, 2003

EDISON'S IRON ORE OPERATIONS AT OGDENSBURG, NJ
Bill Wilkie, Roebling Chapter SIA

THE HISTORIC HACKENSACK WATER WORKS: VAN BUSKIRK ISLAND
FROM THE PAST, A BEACON FOR THE FUTURE
Maggie L. Harrer, The Water Works Conservancy, Inc.

RESTORATION OF THE CONEY ISLAND PARACHUTE JUMP
Lynn and Wesley Drobbin, Lynndrobbin.org

TRIBUTE TO ED RUTSCH: SCENES FROM TOURS & DIGS
Pat Condell and others

PRESERVATION PROGRESS:
THE HIGH LINE VIDEO;
69Th St. FLOAT BRIDGE LISTED ON REGISTER;
NORTH RIVER HISTORIC SHIP SOCIETY (the LILAC)

THE PRR'S GREENVILLE YARDS, JERSEY CITY: PAST AND FUTURE
John Gomez, Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy; Thomas Flagg, Photo Recording Associates

THE DOMINO SUGAR COMPANY FILMS
George Bulow, RCSIA

PRESENTATION OF 1ST ANNUAL ROEBLING CHAPTER AWARD:
Recipient: Conrad Milster
by Mary Habstritt, President, Roebling Chapter



TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: October 24, 2004

PROTECTING YOUR HIND END: DUTIES OF A RAILROAD FLAGMAN
by Robert Mohowski, Historian

ANATOMY OF A FLOATING DRY DOCK
by Robert Stewart, Historical Technologies

POWERING PRODUCTION: INDUSTRIAL USES OF STEAM, PART III
by Conrad Milster, Engineer and Preservationist, Pratt Institute

PRESERVATION ISSUES:
John Gomez and Rick James, Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy: "Saving the Warehouse District"
This summer's disastrous losses at the South Street Seaport Museum
Status of the NJ Transportation museum, by Bill McKelvey

ON TOP OF THE WORLD: DOCUMENTING NEW YORK'S BRIDGES
by Dave Frieder, The Bridge Man (www.davefrieder.com)

JUNCTIONS AND BRIDGES: THE RAILROADS OF EASTON-PHILLIPSBURG
by Lance Metz, National Canal Museum, Easton

ARCHAEOLOGY AWAKENS IRON INDUSTRY: WEST POINT FOUNDRY BEGINNINGS & CURRENT INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY RESEARCH
by Elizabeth Norris, M.S. & M.A., Assistant Archaeologist, West Point Foundry, Cold Spring, NY

NEW YORK HARBOR FROM THE AIR: VIEWS OF A WATERFRONT IN TRANSITION
by Thomas Flagg, Photo Recording Associates

PRESENTATION OF 2ND ANNUAL ROEBLING CHAPTER AWARD:
Recipient: Bill McKelvey



TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: October 29, 2005

TUGBOATS OF NEW YORK HARBOR
by George Matteson, Spuyten Duyvil Marine Towing

AN EDISON (?) CONCRETE NEIGHBORHOOD IN PHILLIPSBURG
by Michael McGowan, JMZ Geology

THE SHIPS ARRIVED ON RAILS:
THE CRANES & TRAINS & INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD
Thomas Flagg, Photo Recording Associates

THE THIRD WATER TUNNEL: THE SANDHOGS' VIEW
Dale Estus, Tunnel Superintendent for Schiavone Contruction Co.
(and chief of the sandhogs union)
PLUS: THE THIRD WATER TUNNEL: A VIDEO John McCluskey

NEWARK'S IA SITES REVISITED: CONTAMINATION MITIGATED
Mark Zdepski, JMZ Geology

NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE
presented by Mitch Dakelman; film from the Dakelman Collection

PRESENTATION OF THIRD ANNUAL ROEBLING AWARD
Recipient: Thomas Flagg


TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM: October 29, 2006
Allison Rachleff joined Thomas Flagg as co-coordinator of the symposium

THE INDUSTRIAL ARCHEOLOGY of the TRANSISTOR
by Lance Metz, National Canal Museum and Archives

WATER SUPPLY, RECREATION and TRANSPORTATION:
LAYERED LANDSCAPES IN NEW YORK CITY'S HIGHBRIDGE PARK, 1840S-PRESENT
by Allison Rachleff, Sr. Architectural Historian, Earth Tech

FROM LIFELINE TO HIGH LINE: THE NEW YORK CENTRAL'S WEST SIDE ELEVATED FREIGHT LINE
Peter Mullan (Friends of the High Line), Thomas Flagg, Mary Habstritt

Part of this year's program honored the 200th anniversary of the birth of John A. Roebling, celebrated designer of the Brooklyn Bridge and chapter namesake:

JOHN A. ROEBLING: THE NEW JERSEY YEARS 1849-1869
Clifford Zinc, Roebling Museum

JOHN A. ROEBLING: TWELVE BRIDGES IN 20 YEARS (AND WE THOUGHT THERE WERE ONLY NINE)
Don Sayenga, Steel Historian; formerly with Bethlehem Steel

WIRE RIGGING ON THE BARK PEKING
Charles Deroko, Marine Surveyor

NEW CHALLENGES FOR THE NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK 1848 DELAWARE AQUEDUCT BY ROEBLING
Sandra Schultz, National Park Service

PRESENTATION OF FOURTH ANNUAL ROEBLING CHAPTER AWARD
Recipient: Friends of the High Line



TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM Saturday, October 27, 2007

THE REHABILITATION OF THE ELM STREET LENTICULAR TRUSS BRIDGE OVER THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE RARITAN RIVER, BRANCHBURG AND HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIPS, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
Jonathan Pera, PE, PP, Keller & Kirkpatrick

ARCHEOLOGY AT LEDDEL’S FORGE, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
Joe Macasek and Bierce Riley, Roebling Chapter, Society for Industrial Archeology

DOES THE WATERFRONT STILL WORK? THE INDUSTRIAL WATERFRONT OF THE PORT OF NEW YORK
Carter Craft, Director of Programs & Policy, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance

SHORT PRESENTATIONS:
Joe Clifft on Access to Region's Core
(group pushing for connection to GCT based on existing infrastructure)

HAER on the HUDSON: THE HENRY HUDSON PARKWAY PROJECT
Christopher H. Marston, Architect, Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service

BETHLEHEM STEEL SITE UPDATE
& 16MM FILM FOOTAGE OF REPAIR OF THE STOCKHOLM
Lance Metz, Historian, National Canal Museum

THE STANDARD OIL PIPELINE: A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ERIE AND THE NEW YORK, SUSQUEHANNA & WESTERN RAILROADS
Robert Mohowski, Historian

THE CAR FLOAT MOVES TO THE FLOAT BRIDGE: THE STORY OF PIER 63 MARITIME AND MARINE PRESERVATION ON THE NORTH RIVER WATERFRONT
Angela and John Krevey, Lightship “Frying Pan”

PRESENTATION OF FIFTH ANNUAL ROEBLING CHAPTER AWARD:
Recipient: The Water Conservancy Project, Milford, NJ



TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM Sunday, October 26, 2008

GOTHAM AND ITS GARBAGE: HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION
Robin Nagle, PhD, New York University and NYC Department of Sanitation Anthropologist-in-Residence, New York, New York

JAMAICA BAY AS NEW YORK CITY'S CONFLICTED BACKYARD: RECREATION AND REFUSE, TRANSPORTATION AND TRASH, WETLANDS AND WASTELANDS
Kevin Olsen, Chemistry & Biochemistry Department, Montclair State University

WHERE’S THE GRIT? OLD CITY, NEW CENTURY: COMPLEXITIES OF REDEFINING THE HISTORIC URBAN INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE AT THE GREAT FALLS STATE PARK IN PATERSON, NEW JERSEY
Gianfranco Archimede, Executive Director, Historic Preservation Commission, Paterson, New Jersey

BRIELLE ROAD BRIDGE, MANASQUAN, NEW JERSEY: LAST REMAINING BELIDOR-TYPE BASCULE BRIDGE IN NEW JERSEY
Margaret M. Hickey, Historic Preservation Specialist HJGA Consulting, Montclair, New Jersey

CLIMBING THE HEIGHTS: HOBOKEN’S 14TH STREET VIADUCT
J. Patrick Harshbarger, Senior Historian, TransSystems/Lichtenstein, Langhorne, Pennsylvania

GLENWOOD POWER STATION: MONUMENTAL RUIN ON THE HUDSON
Thomas Rinaldi, New York, NY
Co-author of Hudson Valley Ruins: Forgotten Landmarks of an American Landscape

THE WOODBRIDGE CLOVERLEAF: ON-RAMPS TO INNOVATION - DVD FILM
Damon Tvaryanas, Architectural Historian, Hunter Research, Trenton, NJ, and
SICA Productions for the New Jersey Department of Transportation

BETHLEHEM STEEL 16MM FILM "VACUUM DEGASSING"
shown by Lance Metz

PRESENTATION OF SIXTH ANNUAL ROEBLING CHAPTER AWARD:
Recipient: Gerry Weinstein, presented by Ulana Zakalak 


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