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Iron & Steel Preservation Chronicle
January 2026
Feature articles:
- Automotive Manufacturing in Lansing, Michigan
- Jeff Haynes, Craftsman
- Field Rivet Demonstrations at LCC
- John Fritz and the Three-High Rolling Mil
- Craftsman's Record: Recent Posts
- Calhoun County Historic Bridge Park
Iron & Steel Preservation Chronicle
August 2025
Feature articles:
- Fabrication Shop Sights & Sounds, circa 1960s
- Rivers of Steel Field Rivet Training
- Hot Metal Bridge
- Dunlap’s Creek 1839 Cast Iron Bridge
- Exploring Historic Bridges in Scotland
- Historic Bridge Presentations in Grand Rapids & Marshall
- Calhoun County Historic Bridge Park
Iron & Steel Preservation Chronicle
May 2024
Feature articles:
- A Shop Day in the 1980s
- Othmar H. Ammann, Bridge Engineer
- Distinction between Field and Shop Riveting
- Shop Riveting in Bridge Fabrication
- Knowledge Base Disappears
- HistoricBridgeRestoration Website
- Video “Destination Michigan”
- ISP Chronicle Archive
- Iron & steel Preservation Program Fund
Iron & Steel Preservation Chronicle
November 2024
Feature articles:
- Judged By What We Have Destroyed
- Preserve and Protect
- Michigan Department of Transportation Rivet Demonstration
- Repair & Rehabilitation of Historic Metals
- Bridges Still Stand
- Othmar H. Ammann, Bridge Engineer
- Knowledge of Riveted Connections
- The Titanic
- HistoricBridgeRestoration Website
Iron & Steel Preservation Chronicle
April 2025
Feature articles:
- George Washington Bridge Fabrication
- Mike Piersa and his Phoenix Columns Project
- Historic Bridge Presentations in Grand Rapids & Marshall
- Before Oxygen-Fuel Flame Cutting
- Engineer, Preservationist, Texan
- “mess of doings”
- In Awe of This Experience
- Preserving and Sharing Industrial Knowledge
- Destination Michigan
Iron & Steel Preservation Chronicle
December 2023
Feature articles:
- Wrought Iron, the Metal
- Wrought Iron Puddling
- Into the 20th Century
- Wrought Iron in Bridge Construction
- Byers Genuine Wrought Iron Pipe
- Wrought Iron into the Future
- Video “Destination Michigan”
- ISP Chronicle Archive
- Iron & steel Preservation Program Fund
Iron & Steel Preservation Chronicle
May 2023
May 2023
Feature articles:
- Vic the Crane Operator
- Destination Michigan
- Rivet Demonstration for Blacksmiths
Iron & Steel Preservation Chronicle
February 2023
Feature articles:
- Unrecorded Tools
- An Intrighting Discovery
- Arithmetic Note by Nan Jackson
- Wrought Iron from the Parshallburg Bridge: an Educational Opportunity
- Hand Made Shop Tools
Iron & Steel Preservation Chronicle
October 2022
Feature articles:
- Oregon Coast Highway 101
- 1936 Yaquina Bay Bridge, Newport, Oregon
- Society for Industrial Archeology (SIA) tours in Portland, Oregon
- Nan and Vern re-visit the St Johns Bridge
- Shop-riveting in the St. Johns Bridge and Other Bridges
Iron & Steel Preservation Chronicle
August 2022
Feature articles:
- Michigan’s Up-North (Vern Mesler)
- American Bridge Co., Ambridge, Pennsylvania
- Mackinac Bridge Webinar Presentation (Cole Cavalieri)
- Nathan Holth of HistoricBridges.org found this interesting article:
- Calhoun County Historic Bridge Park
- Battle Creek, Michigan
Iron & Steel Preservation Chronicle
June 2022
Feature articles:
- Forge Welding 1904
- Forge Welding Wrought Iron 2022
- Webinar Shop Tour: Ballard Forge, Seattle
- Schedule a Presentation
- Calhoun County Historic Bridge Park
- Battle Creek, Michigan