Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from rly-za05.mx.aol.com (rly-za05.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.101]) by air-za05.mail.aol.com (v53.17) with SMTP; Fri, 04 Dec 1998 08:41:56 -0500 Received: from LIME.EASE.LSOFT.COM (lime.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.1.41]) by rly-za05.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id IAA00344; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 08:41:52 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (206.241.12.19) by LIME.EASE.LSOFT.COM (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <[log in to unmask]>; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 8:41:01 -0500 Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 07:41:22 -0600 Reply-To: An H-Net list for discussion of Rural & Agricultural History <[log in to unmask]> Sender: An H-Net list for discussion of Rural & Agricultural History <[log in to unmask]> From: "Jim Oberly, Dept. of History, Univ. of Wisc.-Eau Claire" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Announcement: Historic Bridge Conf., Wheeling, WV, Oct. 20-23, 1999 To: [log in to unmask] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit To H-Rural: Sixth Annual International Historic Bridge Conference October 20-23, 1999 Wheeling, WV The 150th anniversary of the opening of the famous Wheeling (West Virginia) Suspension Bridge will be celebrated with an international conference on historic bridges scheduled for October 20-23, 1999. Well-known historians of technology, together with engineers involved in the preservation of historic bridges will present papers over a two-day period. The conference will feature a promenade on the newly renovated suspension bridge, a tour of local historic bridges, a reception in the 1859 US Custom House and a gala conference banquet. For more information contact: Emory L. Kemp, Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology, 1535 Mileground, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505 phonw: (304)293-7169, fax (304)293-2449 or E-mail [log in to unmask] Thanks, Shelley Birdsong Maddex Secretary, Society for Industrial Archaeology,Three Rivers Chapter [log in to unmask]