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Wilton Historical Society/Wilton Library - Scholarly Series: American Made: The Industrial Revolution in Connecticut

Sunday, Feb. 23 Wilton Historical Society/Wilton Library - Scholarly Series: American Made: The Industrial Revolution in Connecticut – Ann Greene at the Wilton Historical Society, 4 – 5:30 p.m.  “The Erie Canal, A Mule Named Sal, and the Industrialization of America”   This collaboration between Wilton Library and the Wilton Historical Society continues its 7th season with “American Made - The Industrial Revolution in Connecticut.”  Americans often remember the Erie Canal as an engineering marvel of the early 19th century. However, in this second lecture of the annual collaboration between the Wilton Library and the Wilton Historical Society on American Made: The Industrial Revolution in Connecticut, Dr. Ann Greene will discuss the long history of the canal which offers a window into the long history of industrialization, including the energy and environmental history of the 19th and 20th centuries. Ann Greene is a faculty member and administrator at the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of History and Sociology of Science.  She has written a book on the energy history of 19th century America, called Horses at Work: Harnessing Power in Industrial America and specializes in Gilded Age environmental, technological and political history.  The remaining lectures are as follows (please note the location of each lecture): March 2 at the Wilton Historical Society: “The Rise and Fall of the Connecticut Textile Industry”—Jamie Eves; March 16 at Wilton Library: “Silicon Valley of the 19th Century”—William Hosley; March 30 at the Wilton Historical Society: “The Dawn of Innovation”—Charles Morris. Reception following the talk.  No charge, but donations are always welcomed.  Series sponsor Bankwell in Wilton.  Sponsor for this lecture:  Stamford Pathology Group PC.  The moderator is Max Gabrielson.  Registration required. Wilton Library, 137 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton; www.wiltonlibrary.org; (203) 762-3950.

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