HCEA - Thu August 18, 2022
HCEA Announces Antique Construction Equipment Show Dates
The Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA) is holding its 36th Annual International Convention and Old Equipment Exposition. The show will be held at the HCEA's National Construction Equipment Museum, 16623 Liberty Hi Road, Bowling Green, Ohio, from Sept....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Mon August 15, 2022
Sunken Antarctic Research Vessel Being Demolished in Washington State
A project to demolish the research vessel Hero in Bay Center, Wash., is well under way, with the contractor predicting the job will be finished by mid-September. The legendary wooden boat operated in the Antarctic for 16 years until she was decommissioned in 1984....
National Park Service & WHTM-TV - Wed August 03, 2022
Rehab Work Happening at Key Sites Within Pa.'s Gettysburg National Battlefield
Pennsylvania's Gettysburg National Military Park (NMP), site of the Civil War's most decisive battle in 1863, currently is undergoing upgrades at two key locations to improve wear and tear from years of being a popular historical destination....
Auburn University - Wed June 15, 2022
Federal Grants Help Auburn University, Contractors to Preserve Historic Schools
A multidisciplinary research team at Auburn University will use money from a recent National Park Service (NPS) grant to work with a preservation contractor to stabilize the crumbling Tankersley Rosenwald School in Hope Hull, Ala., one of many schools built for African American children in the first half of the 20th century....
Baltimore Sun - Tue June 14, 2022
With Expansion Phase Ongoing, Baltimore's Penn Station Now Getting a Facelift
Baltimore's Pennsylvania Station is now wrapped in scaffolding and a dark filmy safety material that makes the building pop out. It also is open for business and in the first six months of a planned transformation and expansion designed to make this landmark more of a neighborhood anchor than it already is....
Virginia DGS & Virginia Mercury - Thu May 05, 2022
Major Renovation Now Under Way at Virginia State Capitol Complex in Richmond
The visitor center at the Virginia Capitol building in Richmond will be closed for most of the rest of 2022 as the state continues building an underground tunnel and advances its waterproofing work at the Thomas Jefferson-designed structure....
HCEA - Mon April 11, 2022
Looking Back: Manitowoc
The Historical Construction Equipment Association provides a look back at Manitowoc cranes. The Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA) is a 501(c)3non-profit organization dedicated to preserving for public education the historyof the construction, dredging and surface mining equipment industries....
Maine Public Radio - Mon March 21, 2022
Funding Boost to Help Restore Historic African American Church in Portland, Maine
Standing in the cavernous wooden interior of the Meeting House in Portland, Maine's Munjoy Hill neighborhood, Pam Cummings pointed out part of the floor that has been replaced and some of the older boards that remain from the original 19th century construction, as well as bits of history etched into the floor....
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Thu March 17, 2022
Iconic, 163-Year-Old Barnegat Lighthouse in NJ Closed for Needed Renovation
New Jersey's famous Barnegat Lighthouse, nicknamed "Old Barney," closed to visitors on March 14 for a $1.3 million restoration of the 163-year-old structure on the northern tip of Long Beach Island in Ocean County....
HCEA - Mon January 31, 2022
Historical Cranes at Work in the West
The Historical Construction Equipment Association provides a look back at cranes hard at work in the west. The Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA) is a 501(c)3non-profit organization dedicated to preserving for public education the historyof the construction, dredging and surface mining equipment industries....
