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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Annual Meeting 2018
2017 Annual Meeting
The 2017 Annual Meeting was held on January 27, 2018 at the International Women's Air & Space Museum, at Burke Lakefront Airport. After a very informative tour of the Museum, we had a box lunch. …
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2016 Annual Meeting
The 2016 Annual Meeting was held at 2 PM, Sunday December 11, 2016
Fairview Park Library
21255 Lorain Road
Fairview Park, Ohio 44126
After a brief meeting to elect officers for 2017-18, local author, Ralph Pfingsten talked about the industries and railroads in the West Park (Cleveland West …
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2015 Annual Meeting
Cleveland Digital Public Library and Industrial Research
Date & Time
Meeting began at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 19, 2016. At 2:30 we will take a guided tour of the library complex.
Location
We will meet in the "Digital Hub" on the third floor of the original main …
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2014 Annual Meeting
Our annual meeting will take place on Sunday December 14, 2014 at the Bedford Historical Society at 2:30 PM. After a short meeting, we will go on a tour of the Historical Society buildings with an emphasis on Bedford’s industrial heritage as represented in the collection. More details to …
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2013 Annual Meeting
Our Annual Meeting and tour of the Morgan Conservatory occurred on Saturday December 7, 2013 . At the completion of our short meeting, Tom Balbo talked about early paper and printing methods followed by demonstrations.
http://morganconservatory.org/ …
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Annual Meeting & Report 2012
NOCSIA 2012 Annual Report
The Northern Ohio Chapter held 5 events in 2012 (a sixth event will be rescheduled due to illness)
November 16th - NOCSIA members and their guests toured the landmark Alcazar Hotel in Cleveland Heights. Fellow NOCSIAN Jim Wickert, president of Wickert Engineering, …
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Annual Meeting and Pittsburgh Public Transit Talk
The annual meeting of the Northern Ohio Chapter of the Society of Industrial Archeology was held on Sunday December 2, 2012, 1:00PM at the Cleveland State University Library 5th floor meeting room. The officers for the 2013-14 term were elected.
Our guest speaker was be Blaine Hays, co-author of …
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Historic Cleveland Industrial Sites
On Saturday, March 3, 2012, NOCSIA and the Euclid History Museum sponsored Christopher Busta-Peck's presentation on Historic Cleveland Industrial Sites.
Christopher Busta-Peck shared the history of the Luster Tannery (circa 1850), a massive stone building at 16360 Euclid Avenue. The tannery, …
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Picnic and Barn Tour
Desite the rain we had a wonderful picnic and barn tour of industrial artifacts.
We were able to tour one of Bill And Nan Hatchel's 3 Barns, each jam-packed with historic artifacts you won’t want to miss:
the 1913 Vulcan, made in Painesville, and numerous other antique automobiles
bricks …
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