
2017 – Mark Foster for his article “New Bedford: Whale Oil Refining Capital,” published in IA Vol. 40, Nos. 1 & 2, pp. 51-70 The winner of…

2016 – Sean Gohman for his article “It’s Not Time to Be Wasted: Identifying, Evaluating, and Appreciating Mine Wastes in Michigan’s Copper Country,” published in IA Vol….

To begin the celebration of the 200 years of the Erie Canal, the Oneida County History Council in partnership with the Canal Society of New…

New European Route for Industrial Heritage Web Site Goes Online Visit: www.erih.net The European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) went online with a fresh new…

2015 – Eric Nystrom for his article “Underground Mine Maps and the Development of the Butte System at the Turn of the Century,” published in…

The West Point Foundry (1818-1912) began operating as a munitions contractor making cannon and shot. The foundry grew to employ hundreds of workers manufacturing a…

EDWARD S. RUTSCH 1936-2003 ED’S FRIEND, HERB GITHENS, WROTE THE FOLLOWING OBITUARY Edward S. Rutsch the renowned industrial archeologist died Sunday at the age of…

General Tools Award Committee chair Richard K. Anderson, Jr., announced that Jet Lowe is the winner of the General Tools Award for 2014. GENERAL TOOLS…

2014 – T. Arron Kotlensky for his paper “From Forest and Mine to Foundry and Cannons: An Archeological Study of the Blast Furnace at the…

Bob Frame – 2013 SIA General Tools Award Recipient Carol Poh presenting the 2013 General Tools Award to Bob Frame Photograph by Dennis Furbush This…