Chapter Newsletters
Prior to Issue 11, the newsletters were not completely digital. Figures, and sometimes entire articles, were inserted as manual pasteups. An effort is being mounted to recover significant figures and articles. Newer newsletters are all digital and in addition to transforming them into web pages, they are available in PDF™ format for local viewing or printing in their original format. The web versions contain the original text, but may include additional features such as color pictures not available in the hardcopy or PDF.
Newsletters, by their nature, are snapshots in time. These web versions have not been revised except where there were problems found by the site and page management tools. Data such as addresses, phone numbers, etc. may be out of date in the older newsletters. Sometimes plans got ahead of reality, so not everything that was planned actually occurred.
Issue 25 - January 2008 (PDF)
2008 National Conference Update
Issue 24 - August 2007 (PDF)
2008 SIA National Conference Update
Chapter Annual Meeting - Leona Heights Hike – Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007, 10:00AM
Caltrans Carquinez Bridge Meeting, Thursday, April 19, 2007
2007 National Conference, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Fall Tour – Ely, Nevada, Sept. 27-30
Oakland Heritage Alliance Walk - Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, East Bay Park District
Book Review: Lime Kiln Legacies
Contact and Membership Information
Issue 23 - April 2007 (PDF)
Caltrans Carquinez Bridge Dinner Meeting, Thursday, April 19, 2007, 7:30PM
Chapter Planning and Work Day, Saturday, March 31, 2007, 10:00-2:00
USS-POSCO Plant Tour, January 25, 2007
The New Chapter Web Site, http://knightsia.org
Book Review: The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
New Publications from Arcadia Publishing
Oakland Heritage Alliance – Walks & Talks
Software Review: Adobe Photoshop® Elements 5.0
Contact and Membership InformationIssue 22 - December 2006 (PDF)
Chapter News
Planned
Events
Previous
Events
SIA
National Events
2006 Fall
Tour, Youngstown, OH
2007 National Conference, 7-10 June, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Fall Tour, 27-30 Sept., Ely, NV
2007 National Conference, 7-10 June, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Fall Tour, 27-30 Sept., Ely, NV
Notes and Tidbits
Issue 21 - July 2006 (PDF)
Chapter News
Planned
Events
SIA
National
Conference, June 1-3, Saint Louis, MO
Fall
Tour,
September 28-October 1, Youngstown, OH
Notes and Tidbits
Noel’s Travels
IA on the Mother Road and the Loneliest Highway
Book Review: Brunel The Man Who Built the World by Steven Brindle
Book Review: The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage
Wikis, Mashups and Maps
NUMMI Tours
Issue 20 - November 2005 (PDF)
Chapter News
Newsletter Update
A Note from Jay
Upcoming Chapter Event: Dec 3, 2005 Tour of National Archives and Records Administration (San Bruno) and a visit to the Hiller Aviation Museum
Chapter Event: Annual Meeting, Willits, CA, September 10, 2005
Chapter Event: Bale Mill Visit, May 7, 2005
Notes and Tidbits
2005 SIA Annual Conference
2005
SIA Fall Tour
Issue 19 - April 2005 (PDF)
Chapter News
Chapter Event – AMTRAK Excursion to the California State Railroad Museum
Upcoming Event: Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park
Upcoming
Event – Annual Chapter Meeting, Roots of
Motive Power at Willets, CA, Saturday, 10 Sept 05
Upcoming
Event – Visit to National Archives and
Records Administration, San Bruno, CA, Saturday 3 Dec 05
Notes and Tidbits
A Plug for the SIA Fall Tour
Book Review – The John Bull - A British Locomotive Comes to America by David Weitzman
Video Review – Pursuit of Precision
Book Review - Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Engineering Knight Errant by Adrian Vaughan
Issue 18 - January 2005 (PDF)
Chapter News
Upcoming Event: Amtrak Capitol Excursion to Sacramento
Upcoming Event: Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park
2004 Review
Looking
Forward
Notes and Tidbits
Knight Foundry Update
Book Review: Building Construction Before Mechanization
Contact and Membership Information
Issue 17 - April 2004 (PDF)
Chapter News
Upcoming Event: Western Dovetail at Mare Island
Upcoming Event: Sturgeon’s Mill Visit
Chapter Event: Folsom Trip
Good Luck
Scott!
SIA Spring Study Tour – Catalunya’s Industrial Heritage
Notes and Tidbits
Stationary Steam
Travel Tip: Wonderful Willits – Roots of Motive Power, Inc. and the Mendocino County Museum
Book Review: Henry Maudslay & the Pioneers of the Machine Age By John Cantrell & Gillian Cookson
Book Review: The Measure of All Things by Ken Alder
Book Review: Rider in the Sky – How an American Cowboy Built England’s First Airplane by John Hulls
Contact and Membership Information
Issue 16 - December 2003 (PDF)
Chapter News
Membership Renewal Time
Annual Meeting
Sacramento Shops Tour
SIA Fall 2003 Tour – Northeast Montana September 26th-29th
Notes and Tidbits
Book Review:The Last Lone Inventor, by Evan I. Schwartz
Book Review: The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World, by Jenny Uglow
Book Review: The Difference Engine, CHARLES BABBAGE and the Quest to Build the First Computer By Doron Swade
Book Review: To Conquer the Air, The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight, by James Tobin
Book Review: Railway Car Construction by William Voss
Knight Chapter Membership Renewal Form
Contact and Membership Information
Issue 15 - August 2003 (PDF)
Chapter News
Upcoming Event: Annual Chapter Meeting, 25 October, California State Railroad Museum / SP Shops, Sacramento
Chapter Status Report
Kern County Oil Field Tour Report
2003 SIA Conference – Montreal, Quebec
LaborFest Labor History Bay Tour Report
Notes and Tidbits
Reflections on the Stockton Trip of the Jeremiah O'Brien
Book Review: America Transformed, Engineering and Technology in the Nineteenth Century
The Brick City – Holyoke, MA
Contact and Membership Information
Issue 14 - April 2003 (PDF)
Chapter News
Upcoming Event: Southern California Oil Tour, May 3-4 2003
Upcoming Event: Laborfest Boat Trip
Potential Chapter Project
Chapter
Web Site Updated
Notes and Tidbits
B&O Museum Roof Collapse
ASCE “Me and My Infrastructure” Exhibit
ASME Historic Sites Brochures Web Site
Memories of Holyoke
The Carquinez Bridges
Review of Shell Refinery Tour, January 2, 2003
Review of “A Flier in Oil”
Contact and Membership Information
Issue 13 - December 2002 (PDF)
Chapter News
Annual Chapter Meeting
Shell Refinery Tour, January 2, 2003
Chapter Events in the Planning Stage
Mailing List Cleanup
Meet a Member
Oil Exploration at Squaw Flat
Floating IA - The S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien
Contact and Membership Information
Issue 12 - September 2002 (PDF)
Annual Membership Meeting
Membership Renewal
Spinning Cables at Carquinez
Membership Renewal Information
Contact and Membership Information
Issue 11 - August 2002 (PDF)
Knight Foundry Update
Upcoming Tours and Events
Washington Twp. Railroad Fair
Annual
Meeting
Recent Tours and Events
Victory Ship Tour
Barrel Making in Mendocino County
The Comeback of an Old Sawmill
Sturgeons Sawmill - Frozen in Time
Sturgeons Mill Restoration Project
Contact and Membership Information
Membership Letter - September 2001
Issue 10 - June 2000
A Time
of Renewal
Knight Foundry
Saved
Upcoming
Tours and Events
This Old Flat
Car: Nuts & Bolts
Notes and Queries
Sponsorship,
Volunteer and Reservation
Form
Contact and Membership
Information
Issue 9 - September 1999
This
Issue
Upcoming Tours and Events
Knight Foundry Progress Report
Recent Tours and Events
Anachronistic Industries Conference