SIA Industrial Heritage Preservation Grants Awarded - 2008

Mark Foster, Sommerville MA, City of New Bedford Historical Comm.
$3,000 Habs/Haer documentation of Baker-Robinson Oil Works (19th Century whale oil refinery) in New Bedford MA.

Sara Sportman, Dept. of Anthropology, Univ. of Conn.
$2,903.74 for documentation of residential space at Hammondville Iron-ore mining town in Crown Point, Essex Co. NY.

Eric McFerrin, Warrior AL, Red Mountain Greenway & Recreational Area Commission
$1,281.00 for documentation of the Red Ore mine sites in the future Red Mountain Park, Birmingham AL.

Information on the SIA’s Industrial Heritage Preservation Grants can be found at http://www.siahq.org/grants/about.html. 

Recipients of the SIA Industrial Heritage Preservation Grants are required to provide SIA with auditable accounts of the money expended, two copies of products generated from the funded project, and a written report for the SIAN or journal. The SIA grants support the research, documentation, and presentation of industrial sites and practices. Grant guidelines are available online at the SIA web site.

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