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(erielack) Taking Anthracite Seriously
For those who are seriously interesting in the history of Anthracite, time
is running short to register for the annual Symposium at Lafayette College
There are at least three sessions of interest to anthracite folk.
The 25th annual Canal History and Technology Symposium will be held at the
William E. Simon Center for Economics and Business Administration at
Lafayette College on Saturday, March 18, 2006. Sponsored by the National
Canal Museum and Lafayette College, this event features the presentation of
research papers on topics of transportation and industrial history.
Among the topics to be presented:
"The History and Technology of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Canal," by Professor
Emory Kemp, Director of the Institute for the History of Technology and
Industrial Archaeology, West Virginia University.
"The History of Technology of the Principio Furnace, Maryland," by Lee R.
Maddex, Historian.
"Mapping Underground Drifton: The Evolution of Anthracite Mine Maps," by
Eric Nystrom
"The Scholarship of the Canal History and Technology Proceedings: A
Twenty-five Year Retrospective," by Robert Kapsch, Canal Historian.
"American Contractors and Excavators of de Lessep's Isthmian Canal,
1881-1889," by John Thompson, The University of Illinois.
"New Insights into the Avondale Mine Disaster," by Joe Keating and Robert
Wolensky.
"Voting for a Strike: The Shamokin Convention and the 1902 Anthracite
Strike," by Michael Knies
The complete text of the selected papers is published in the Canal History
and Technology Proceedings, which is part of the registration package.
Registration for the symposium, which includes continental breakfast, buffet
lunch, reception at the National Canal Museum and a copy of the Proceedings,
is $60 ($54 for members of Hugh
You can register online at
http://www.canals.org/
Cheers,
Jim
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