At 08:49 PM 10/10/97 GMT, you wrote:
>last month I gave a tour of various industrial and historic sites in the
> Youngstown, Ohio area in conjunction with a Society for Industrial Archeology
> symposium.  We had three van loads of people and just basically drove down
> public highways and stopped at various sites of steel mills and I gave a brief
> explanation of what happened at these various locations. I tried to give an
> overview of the extent of the industrial activity in Youngstown by showing
> historic photos of these sites and telling antecdotes about some interesting
> events that happened there.
>
>It seems that this tour was well liked by all participants, and many people
> came away from it with a much better understanding of the steel mills that
> once lined the Mahoning Valley for ten miles.  I started thinking about
> offering this tour on a regular basis, perhaps a couple days a week or by
> appointment, and adding stops at a couple local museums and other historic
> sites, and making a half day "Exploring Youngstown's Heritage" tour.
>
>I would like to know if this sort of thing is done in other areas, and how
> successful they have been.  How are those tour programs set up and run, what
> do they charge, how are they advertised etc. What liabilities are we exposing
> ourselves to by driving a dozen or so people around in a van all over town.
>
>Could anyone help me out?
>
>Rick Rowlands
>JBFPA, Inc.
>Youngstown, OH
>
The North Carolina Trasportation Museum has been attempting to find
information on the Society for Industrial Archeology.  Is there a web page
or a contact address.

Thom Rhodes
Ex. Dir.
NCTM