Paper Sessions and Annual General Meeting

The Paper Sessions and Annual General Meeting will be held on the campus of San José State University. The Paper Sessions will be held in Rooms 227 and 229 of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, at the corner of 4th Street and San Fernando Street, starting with a continental breakfast at 8:00 AM followed by paper presentations and symposia starting at 9:00 AM. Free parking is available at the 4th Street Garage across from the library, although there is a charge of $2 after 6:00 PM. The library is a joint venture between the San José Public Library and SJSU.

The Annual General Meeting and luncheon will be held in the Loma Prieta room at the Student Union starting at 12:00 . Paper Sessions will resume at the library at 2:40 PM, and are scheduled to conclude at 4:30 PM.

Time Room 227 Room 229
9:00 - 10:20 Heavy Metal: Bridges and Rails Raw Materials of Industry, Mining, and Shipping

Jonathan Pera
Rehabilitation of Historic Lenticular Elm Street Bridge

 Symposium: Ciao Industria: Technological and Landscape Transformation Amid the Advent and Departure of Industry in America

William Vermes
Understanding Condition Ratings and Bridge Management 
Policies Applied to Historic Bridges

Cameron Hartnell
Stories in the Streets: Expansion and Change in Charleston’s Historic Wharfing Area

Thomas Leary
Work in Progress: 
The Saga of a Rolling Mill-From Tredegar Iron Works 
to Cleveland Track Material

Dan Trepal
Evolution in Iron: The West Point Foundry Casting House 1817-1912

Richard Brandi
Searching for the “Lost” Southern Pacific Line

Paul J. White
Technological Senescence on the Mining Frontier: The “Golden Years” of the Skidoo Stamp Mill

Bode Morin
Urban Ghost Town: When Industry Left Detroit
10:20-12:00 Symposium: Railroad Preservation: Principles and Practice Architecture, Heritage and Legacy

Daniel Markoff
The Eureka Project

Timothy A. Tumberg
History and Archaeology at “Hell’s Four Acres”: Minnesota’s First Iron Shipping Port

Christopher Dewitt
Steam Boilers in Historic Preservation

Kimberly Wooten
The Future of Knight Foundry

Efstanhios I. Pappas
Porter #4390: Experimental Industrial Archaeology

Andrew Johnston
Ethnicity Underground: Intersections of Race and Technology in the New Almaden Mines, 1845-1890

Chris Hart
State Belt #4: Historic Preservation in a Changing World

Lloyd Tepper
Industrial Mercurialism: Agricola, the Danbury Shakes, and New Almaden

Wesley Thompson
Research on the Commercial and Industrial Architecture of George Mason
12:00-2:30 Annual General Meeting and Luncheon - Loma Prieta Room, SJSU Student Union
2:40-4:30 Craft and Production Architecture, Heritage and Legacy (continued)

Amy Roache
Taking a New Approach to Crafts: 
Examining the Socio-Economic Role of the Blacksmith 
on the Fur Trade Frontier

Maryellen Ficker
Reinventing Reinforced Concrete: Post-war Bridges in Texas

R. Scott Baxter
Beer: Pioneer German Families in California

Rachael Greenlee
The Denied Nomination of the Silver Fox Airport Hangar: Why Industrial Landmarks are Losing the Historic Preservation Battle and How We Can Stop It

Marco Meniketti
Shadow Industry: 
Illicit Folk Production in an 18th Century Lime Kiln

Amanda Gronhovd
Public Archaeology at the Cataract Mill Complex, Minneapolis, MN

Patricia Paramoure
Henry Cowell, Lime Baron of Santa Cruz County: 
His Private and Public Life

Carl Calvert
Felsdspar Mines in San Diego and Its Use in Manufacturing Plumbing Fixtures in Richmond, California