This is Roebling Chapter's 34th Annual Symposium - now called the Great Falls Symposium as we are holding this in the restored historic Rogers Locomotive Storage Building at 32 Spruce Street, Paterson, NJ - this is in the Great Falls National Historical Park.
Detailed list of presentations and topics will be available on this site, and emailed to registrants, prior to the event.
The registration fee includes an informal lunch and refreshments to be served at planned break times.
9:00 REGISTRATION, COFFEE AND REFRESHMENTS
9:50 WELCOME
by Joe Macasek, President, Roebling Chapter, Society for Industrial Archeology
and President, Canal Society of New Jersey
10:00 LEARNING FROM THE RUHR, GERMANY: AN INSPRIRATION FOR HERITAGE-
FUELED RENEWAL IN PASSAIC COUNTY AND BEYOND
Presented by Jeff Byles and Denisha Williams, Being Here Landscape Achitecture & Design
10:30 THE DERWENT VALLEY, ENGLAND: INVENTING INDUSTRIALIZATION
Presented by Sandy Needham, Vice-President, RCSIA
11:00 THE IRON HAND IN THE SILK GLOVE: THE ALLIED TEXTILE PRINTING SITE
Presented by Patrick Harshbarger, Hunter Research and Gianfranco Archimede,
I.Archaeologist
11:30 GREAT FALLS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK NEWS
by Darren Boch, Superintendent, Great Falls National Historical Park
11:45 LUNCH and vendor's tables
1:00 FILMS
SS United States: Lady in Waiting, 2008, 15 min.
Working Places: What Can You Do With Paterson's Old Mills?, 1978, 15 min.
1:30 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATION OF THE ROEBLING AWARD
Presenter TBA
2:00 SS UNITED STATES CONSERVANCY AT CRITICAL POINT
Presented by Chuck Parodi, NJ Chapter Chairman, SS United States Conservancy
and Mary Habstritt, Museum Director and President, The Lillac Preservation Project
2:30 MARITIME PRESERVATION IN THE US: SAVING AMERICA'S LAST WHALING
SHIP, THE CHARLES W. MORGAN
Presented by Joshua Sorvino, Historian, William Paterson University
3:00 BREAK
3:30 SUBWAY DAY ON THE HEIGHTS: REDISCOVERY OF THE SITE WHERE
EXCAVATIONS FOR NYC'S RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM BEGAN
Presented by Matthew Spady, Historian and Author
4:00 PANCAKES, PATTIES AND PIES: THE HISTORY OF THE SILK CITY DINER
COMPANY IN PATERSON, NJ
Presented by Michael Gabriele, Historian and Author
4:30 MORRIS CANAL GREENWAY PLANNING PROJECT REVISTED
Jason Simmons, Environmental Planner, Passaic County Planning Department
5:00 CLOSING REMARKS
6:00 Reception for "The Iron Hand in the Silk Glove" exhibition at the Paterson Museum
featuring large format silver photography by Gianfranco Archimede
LOCATION: Rogers Locomotive Works Storage Building, 32 Spruce St., Paterson, NJ.
CLICK for driving directions to Paterson
SCHEDULE: Doors open 9:00 AM for check in, coffee, exhibits; presentations begin at 9:50 AM
FEE: $20 for Roebling members if paid in advance and $30 for non-members and
those who pay at the door. (Students with ID may register for $7 at door, does not include lunch)
FREE PARKING at the Paterson Museum, 2 Market St., Paterson, NJ. CLICK for walking directions to the Rogers Building.
