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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Battery Park Tour and Annual Meeting 2021
May 21, 2021 by
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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2017 Annual Meeting
January 28, 2018 by
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
November 2, 2016 by
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
December 19, 2015 by
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
November 17, 2014 by
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
October 1, 2013 by
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
December 3, 2012 by
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
November 4, 2012 by
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
January 22, 2012 by
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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