Advance registration is required. Deadline for registration is October 3, 2025.
Preliminary Program
9:30 Registration and Coffee
10:15 Welcoming Remarks. Mary Habstritt, RCSIA President
10:30 The Schuyler Mine: The Cradle of the Industrial Revolution in America. Leonard Miller, PhD., Visiting Researcher, Stevens Institute of Technology.
11:00 Light, Heat, and Animation: John Stevens and the Dawn of the American Railroad. Ted Houghtaling, Archivist & Digital Projects Librarian, Samuel C. Williams Library, Stevens Institute of Technology.
11:30 Thomas Edison and the Railroads: How Relationships and Process Shaped Innovation. David Vago, Cultural Resources Program Manager, Thomas Edison National Historical Park.
12:00 Brooklyn's Erie Basin: Origins, Canal Boats, Graving Docks and Curious Characters: Stories from RedHookWaterStories.org. Peter Rothenberg. Historian/Curator, PortSide NewYork.
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Brick Sewer Cities: New Jersey ’s History Underground. T. Cregg Madrigal, Christina Servetnick, Carl Yalden and Elizabeth Davis (Department of Environmental Protection, Municipal Finance and Construction Element) and Anu Khandal, New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
2:00 “Lost Annsville,” The Intersection of Art and Industry While Documenting a 19th-Century Industrial Hamlet. Kirk Moldoff, Author/Historian.
2:30 Professor Joseph Henry at the Staten Island Lighthouse Depot: Engineering Light and Sound for the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Michael Vigorito, Ph.D. Seton Hall University; Board Member, National Lighthouse Museum.
3:00 Wrap-up and walk to Library
3:30 - 4:30 Library Exhibits Tour. Attendees are invited to view the historical exhibits on display at the Samuel C. Williams Library, including a full-scale replica of Col. John Stevens’ 1825 steam locomotive. Ted Houghtaling (see above) and Leah Loscutoff, Head of Archives & Special Collections, will be available to answer questions about the exhibits and the ingenuity of the Stevens family, as well as highlight the many scientific and technological contributions alumni, faculty, and staff of Stevens Institute of Technology since its founding in 1870.
