Pennsylvania Canal Society, Canal Society of Ohio, Society for Industrial Archeology2021 Fall Joint Tour – Pittsburgh – October 1 - 3Featuring a Saturday Three Rivers Tour by Riverboat
Hotel Headquarters: Drury Plaza Pittsburgh Downtown, 745 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 …
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MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS – Friday-Sunday October 1-3, 2021
August 6, 2021 by
Battery Park Tour and Annual Meeting 2021
May 21, 2021 by
On Friday May 21, 2021 the Northern Ohio Chapter (NOCSIA) met for a day-long tour of the Battery Park neighborhood, which lies two miles west of Downtown Cleveland on a bluff overlooking Lake Erie. The meeting began with a talk by activist and neighborhood historian Jim Cutrone, about redevelopment …
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Haydite Mine in Independence
January 29, 2021 by
NOCSIA toured the former Haydite Mine location in Independence, Ohio on March 27, 2021. It was a long standing industrial site which began as a brick making concern and ran for 100 years as a haydite mine. They also explored remnants of an early sandstone quarry nearby along the new Hemlock Creek …
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Mansfield Industries – Annual Picnic
September 1, 2019 by
We had a very interesting set of industrial tours and picnic in Mansfield October 4th.
Meet in Mansfield (only one hour drive from Cleveland or Akron) in mid-to-late-morning;
Enjoy a narrated bus tour of Mansfield, probably including one or two active factory tours;
Catered lunch at an …
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Cleveland’s Garment Industry
August 13, 2019 by
NOCSIA Members toured the Cleveland Garment District on Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
10:15 am - Gather at National Bias Fabric Company, 4516 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, where we will meet David Breen.
10:30 am – One-hour tour led by David Breen.
Cleveland has a rich history of garment manufacture. By …
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Oberlin Outing
July 2, 2019 by
Tour took place on Tuesday, July 2, 2019
· 7:00-8:40 a.m. -- Oberlin Kitchen (opens at 7:00 a.m.), 51
South Main (440-774-2841) -- Meet up for breakfast (buy your own, order
whatever you like from the regular menu, allowing time to begin next activity
punctually).
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Holy Rosary Church Tour
March 10, 2019 by
We had the opportunity to spend a Saturday afternoon (March 16, 2019) learning about William P. Ginther, Ecclesiastical Architect, when touring Little Italy's Holy Rosary Church with author Anthony (Chip) Valleriano, who published a book (2012) that serves a compendium of the late architect's …
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Gotta Groove Records
February 10, 2019 by
We had the opportunity to tour Gotta Groove Records, 3615 Superior Ave in Cleveland on February 20, 2019 with an optional lunch afterwards. …
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Annual Meeting 2018
December 7, 2018 by
Speaker: Brad Smith, co-author of "The Birth of Downtown Cleveland: A Vision Interrupted" an architectural, social and political history
Date & Time: Friday Dec 7, 2018. doors open 6:30 p.m., buffet dinner begins 7:00
Location: Flat Iron Cafe (upstairs banquet room), 1114 Center St. …
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Altoona Tour and Picnic
October 5, 2018 by
BASIC SCHEDULE FOR THE PICNIC that occurred on Friday October 5, 2018
Plan to board the Pennsylvanian https://www.amtrak.com/pennsylvanian-train at
either Pittsburgh (7:30 a.m.) or Johnstown (9:03) or a station in
between. How you get to the train station is up to you, …
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