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 The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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