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