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28TH ANNUAL DREW SYMPOSIUM ON
INDUSTRIAL ARCHEOLOGY
IN THE NEW YORK - NEW JERSEY AREA

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 Co-sponsored by the Drew University Anthropology Department
Sunday, October 26, 2008, 10 AM – 5 PM
Drew University Hall of Sciences in Madison, New Jersey

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1) “GOTHAM AND ITS GARBAGE: HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION” Robin Nagle, PhD, New York University and
NYC Department of Sanitation Anthropologist-in-Residence, New York, New York

2) “JAMAICA BAY AS NEW YORK CITY'S CONFLICTED BACKYARD: RECREATION AND REFUSE, TRANSPORTATION AND TRASH, WETLANDS AND WASTELANDS”
Kevin Olsen, Chemistry & Biochemistry Department, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey

3) “WHERE’S THE GRIT? – OLD CITY, NEW CENTURY: COMPLEXITIES OF REDEFINING THE HISTORIC URBAN INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE AT THE GREAT FALLS STATE PARK IN PATERSON, NEW JERSEY” Gianfranco Archimede, MS, RPA
Executive Director, Historic Preservation Commission, Paterson, New Jersey

4) “BRIELLE ROAD BRIDGE, MANASQUAN, NEW JERSEY: LAST REMAINING BELIDOR-TYPE BASCULE BRIDGE IN NEW JERSEY”
Margaret M. Hickey, Historic Preservation Specialist HJGA Consulting, Montclair, New Jersey

5) “CLIMBING THE HEIGHTS: HOBOKEN’S 14TH STREET VIADUCT”
J. Patrick Harshbarger, Senior Historian, TransSystems/Lichtenstein, Langhorne, Pennsylvania

6) “GLENWOOD POWER STATION: MONUMENTAL RUIN ON THE HUDSON”
Thomas Rinaldi, New York, New York
Co-author of Hudson Valley Ruins: Forgotten Landmarks of an American Landscape

7) “THE WOODBRIDGE CLOVERLEAF: ON-RAMPS TO INNOVATION” DVD
Damon Tvaryanas, Architectural Historian, Hunter Research, Trenton, New Jersey and
SICA Productions for the New Jersey Department of Transportation

8) FILMS FROM THE BETHLEHEM STEEL ARCHIVES
Lance Metz, Historian, National Canal Museum, Easton, Pennsylvania

Presentations subject to change

PLUS: Book signings by:

• Kevin Olsen, author of A Great Conveniency, a Maritime History of the Passaic River, Hackensack River, and Newark Bay
• Thomas Rinaldi, co-author (with Rob Yasinac) of Hudson Valley Ruins: Forgotten Landmarks of an American Landscape

Presentation of the annual John Augustus Roebling Award for Contributions to Industrial Archeology and other chapter business 

LOCATION: Drew University Hall of Sciences auditorium.
SCHEDULE: Doors open 9:00 AM for check-in, coffee, exhibits; talks start at 10 AM.
FEE: $25 per person (includes lunch) if sent before Oct.17; or $30 at the door, lunch
not guaranteed (Students with ID may register for $7 at door, does not include lunch). 

TO REGISTER: Send your name(s) plus fee (make check payable to Roebling Chapter SIA) to: 

Thomas Flagg
RCSIA Drew Symposium Co-Chair
70 W. 95th St., Apt. 23H
New York, NY 10025

ADA Notice: If you have a disability and require assistance in attending the symposium at the Hall of Sciences, please notify us when registering so we can make arrangements with Drew University. 

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