SIA Fall Tour, Madison and Southern Indiana, Oct. 5-8, 2014

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1 SIA Fall Tour, Madison and Southern Indiana, Oct. 5-8, 2014 This yearʼs Society for Industrial Archeology Fall Tour will explore historic and active manufacturing and engineering sites in and around Madison, Columbus and Seymour, IN. Process tours will include diesel engines, hand tools, printed plastic ware and egg grading and processing. Historic sites will include Madisonʼs downtown, which with more than 1600 contributing structures is the largest National Historic District in the US. Its Main Street remains largely intact with historic buildings. Madison is located on the Ohio River in southeastern Indiana. The town was founded in 1809 and platted in 1810, six years before Indiana became a state. Its location contributed to rapid growth in its first decades when the Ohio River was a major route to entry into the new state. Its early years saw major expansion of pork packing, flour milling, transshipment of products and brewing and distilling. In time, Madison declined as a pork packing and manufacturing center as transportation expanded to other areas in the state. Much of its historic structure remains intact. The town is recognized for its historic character and welcomes visitors throughout the year. This Fall Tour is undertaken with the support and co-sponsorship of Historic Madison, Inc. (HMI). John and Ann Windle founded HMI in The organization advocates for the preservation and thoughtful development of Madisonʼs historic district. The tour will visit both the Shrewsbury-Windle & the Ben Schroeder Saddletree Factory that are HMI properties. (see Note the tour is scheduled Sunday through Wednesday. This scheduling makes hotel availability better and facilitates scheduling process tours. The registration fee includes one day of tours on Monday, one day of tours on Tuesday, three breakfasts, two lunches and two evening meals. Schedule at-a-glance: Sunday, October 5 Visit Madison or Clifty Falls State Park on your own Opening reception at Shrewsbury-Windle Home 4:30 p.m. EDT Dinner and orientation at Livery Stable 6:30 p.m. Cash bar with Indiana beers and wines Shrewsbury-Windle Home and the Livery Stable are within walking distance of each other. Registrants should plan to drive individually or ride with others from and to Clifty Inn Monday, October 6 Full day process and site tours Check registration packet for tour departure times Tour One will include Madison and nearby areas Tour Two will include sites in and around Columbus and Seymour Lunch included with both tours Dinner on your own Tuesday, October 7 Full day process and site tours Reverse of the Monday tours so that each registrant sees each site Lunch included with both tours Group evening meal at Clifty Inn overlooking the Ohio River and included with registration Presentation on Madison-Milton Bridge Wednesday, October 8 Optional tour to Lawrenceburg and down along the Ohio Lunch is included for those registering for the optional tour Alternate of on your own visits to Madison, Columbus or other sites

2 Sunday, October 5 Clifty Falls State Park Clifty Falls is the site of Clifty Inn, the Tour Hotel. The park was founded in 1920 and expanded over time. It includes the remnants of an 1852 attempt to build a second railroad grade from Madison. The park includes miles of trails, many of them rugged in nature. Madison, Indiana Early Madison is located along the river and below a tall limestone bluff. (See description for Madison above.) The 130 block historic district is available for exploring, as is the riverfront with views of the Ohio River and its barge traffic. Shrewsbury-Windle House Madison architect Francis Constigan constructed The Shrewsbury- Windle house for Captain Charles L. Shrewsbury in The Greek revival house includes a 53-step freestanding, self-supporting spiral staircase to span three floors. John and Ann Windle purchased the home in 1948 and were instrumental in preserving Madisonʼs historic district over the following decades. The home is now owned by Historic Madison, Inc. and has recently undergone substantial renovation. It is a National Historic Landmark. The Livery Stable The Livery Stable is a few blocks from the Shrewbury-Windle House. It is event facility for The Broadway Hotel and Tavern that traces its history to its establishment in Monday, October 6 Tour One In and around Madison Clifty Creek Power Plant - Clifty Creek Power Plant is a 1.3 GW coal fired plant that began generating electricity in It was originally built to provide power for the Atomic Energy Commissionʼs gaseous diffusion plant for uranium enrichment in Piketon, Ohio. Since 2003, the plant has provided electrical power to consumers through about twelve different companies primarily in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. In 2013, Clifty Creek completed a major renovation including installation of mechanical and chemical sulfur scrubbers. Jefferson County Historical Society/Madison Railroad Incline The Madison, Indianapolis & Lafayette Railroad began construction in 1836 as the first railroad in Indiana. It included construction of the Madison Incline that covers 7,012 feet while rising 412 feet, a 5.89% incline. The first trip up the inline was November 3, The JCHS is housed in the former Madison Railroad Station constructed in Royer Royer is the only remaining manufacturing plant in downtown Madison. Royer makes and digitally prints plastic disposables for the food service and floral design markets including swizzle sticks, food picks and floral picks. Ben Schroeder Saddletree Factory Saddletrees are the wooden frames upon which horse saddles are built. The Schroeder Saddletree factory was opened in 1878 and operated until While it underwent many modifications over the years, it remained a family operation and was little changed after The factory was catalogued, documented, analyzed then reconstructed by Historic Madison, Inc. Some machines will be operated. City Fire Museum Madison has a long history of volunteer fire departments including Fair Play Fire Company #1 founded in 1841, the oldest active fire company in Indiana, and Washington Fire Company #2 founded in 1847 and operating out of its original fire station, the oldest active fire station in Indiana. The City Fire Museum is located in the original Walnut Street Fire Company #4 building. It contains a collection of fire equipment that predates motorized vehicles along with material on the six Madison volunteer fire companies that continue to serve the community today.

3 Madison Railroad The Madison Railroad operates on a 25-mile long mainline that is owned by the City of Madison. It operates from upper Madison to a CSX connection at North Vernon, a portion of the original Madison and Indianapolis Railroad that first operated in The railroad also operates 17 miles of track in an industrial park (former Jefferson Proving Grounds) and about 10 track miles for car storage. Tour Two Columbus, Walesboro, Seymour and Cortland Rose Acre Farms Rose Acre Farms is a producer and processer of commodity and specialty chicken eggs and egg products. It traces its origins to the 1930s. It is headquartered in the Seymour area and operates 17 facilities in six Midwestern and southeastern states. We will visit CortAcres that operates as both a farm with some 3,000,000 hens and an egg processing facility. This tour will visit the egg inspection, grading and processing facility. While we will not be visiting the portion of the facility with hens, individuals who have pet birds or who have visited a poultry facility within 72 hours may not take part in this tour. Additionally, visitors may not wear earrings, bracelets, necklaces, watches or rings. They may remain in your pocket. Hats/hairnets and shoe covers will be provided and required for some portions of the tour. Seymour Manufacturing Seymour Manufacturing produces hand tools at the same site where it began operation in It manufactures a range of hand tools including posthole diggers, shovels, rakes, hoes, snow tools and brooms. Wooden handle manufacture begins with logs that are fully processed on site. It manufactures snaths most of which are exported to Great Britain and is the worldʼs largest manufacturer of hog rings. It manufactures many specialty tools such as rice shovels, beet hoes and potato forks. Most of its sales are to commercial users. Cummins MidRange Plant This plant manufactures 6.7 l turbo diesel engines used in Dodge RAM trucks. The facility was designed as a green facility with most manufacturing belowground and parking on the roof. This visit will include a tour of the operating production line. Cummins Engine Headquarters Building Cummins is a manufacturer of diesel and natural gas engines in sizes ranging from 1.4 to 91 liters. It was founded in 1919 in Columbus where its global headquarters remains. The Headquarters building contains an exhibit of some of the historic and currently manufactured engines. Monday Evening Tours will return to Clifty Inn by 6:00 p.m. Evening meal is on your own. A listing of area restaurants will be provided. Evening meal is also available at Clifty Inn Tuesday, October 7 Tours One and Two of Monday, October 6 will repeat with tour registrants switching tour sites. Tuesday Evening Tour registrants will gather for evening meal in the Overlook Room at Clifty Inn. Wednesday, October 8 Optional Tour Lawrenceburg and along the Ohio MGP Distillery This distillery location dates to It was owned and operated by Seagram for many years. MGP currently operates the distillery, which produces beverage alcohol including vodka, gins, bourbon and whiskeys.

4 George Street Bridge, Aurora This bridge is a double-intersection Pratt (Whipple) through truss bridge constructed in 1887 by the Lomas Forge and Bridge Works. Formerly carrying US and Indiana highways, it remains open for local traffic. Laughery Creek Bridge This bridge is a triple-intersection Pratt through truss bridge constructed in 1878 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company south of Aurora. It formerly carried IN- 56 over Laughery Creek, which divides Dearborn and Ohio Counties. This 300 foot span bridge is the only known remaining example of its kind. It remains open to pedestrian traffic. Markland Locks and Dam The Markland Locks and Dam were constructed in and replaced five earlier dams. They are located 26.5 miles upriver of Madison and include a main and auxiliary lock. A hydroelectric plant operates as a part of the dam. Switzerland County Historical Society The Switzerland County Historical Society was founded in The tour will visit the Societyʼs River History Museum located in Vevay. Vevay served as an important 19 th century river community. The River History Museum includes documents, artifacts and steamship models that relate to the steamboat era of the Ohio and Vevay. The tour will return to Clifty Inn by 4:00 p.m., which will conclude the Fall Tour. Getting to Madison (see Madison is located in southeastern Indiana on the Ohio River. It has limited public transportation. All tour registrants should anticipate traveling to the tour by automobile for at least the last portion of their trip. Clifty Inn is located 52 miles from the Louisville Airport, 72 miles from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport and 109 miles from the Indianapolis Airport. Conference Inn (see Clifty Inn is the headquarters for the SIA 2014 Fall Tour. It is located within Clifty Falls State Park atop a bluff about four miles west of Madison. (Park entrance fee is $7.00). The hotel opened in 1924, was rebuilt in 1974 with substantial remodeling in Its Riverview rooms overlook the Ohio River. (Additional room information at The SIA has blocked rooms for Sunday, October 5 through Wednesday, October 8. Room costs range from at $ to $ per night plus taxes depending on location and room features. Make reservations by calling the hotel at and informing them that you are attending the SIA Fall Tour or online at with Group Code 1005si. The block will be released on September 5. There are a number of other hotels in Madison, all at some distance from the Clifty Inn. (see Tour registrants choosing to stay in hotels other than the Clifty Inn should plan their schedules to assure sufficient travel time. Registration and Additional Information ( As with most SIA tours, participation in the tours will require walking over surfaces that may be uneven and/or slippery, climbing steps and may require wearing of protective equipment including safety glasses, ear plugs and hard hats. All needed safety equipment will be provided. Tour attire must include long trousers, sleeved shirts and fully enclosed, conventional heeled shoes. We appreciate the willingness of the businesses we visit to permit and facilitate our visit. We expect all tour registrants to remain with the group and to follow all direction regarding visit expectations. We anticipate the tours will include all sites listed in this brochure. However, the tour sites may change without notification depending on changes in tour site availability or other factors. Go to to register online for the 2014 SIA Fall Tour. The site will contain and links to additional information about the tour, the tour sites and other area sites of interest. We will post updates about the tour from time to time. There will be a $40 late registration fee for registrations made on or after Monday, September 22. Registration for housing (See Conference Inn above) and transportation to and from Madison (See Getting to Madison) is on your own.

5 If you have questions about the 2014 Fall Tour, please call between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT weekdays or info@historicmadisoninc.com. SIA 2014 Madison & Southern Indiana Fall Tour Mail-in Registration Name Affiliation (for name badge) Joint Name Joint Affiliation Address City Zip/Postal Code Cell Phone address State/Province Country Other primary contact phone FALL TOUR REGISTRATION (add lines and total) All fees are on a per-person basis # TOTALS SIA Member $300 OPTIONAL Wed. $45 Late Fee (after Sept. 22, $40 SIA MEMBERSHIP DUES (Renewal or new member ONLY if you have not already paid your 2014 or 2015 dues). (Mailing addresses outside of the U.S. and Canada require an additional $10.00 for international mailing fee). Individual Membership: $50 $ Household/Joint Membership: $55 $ Upgrade Individual to Joint: $5 $ International Mailing Fee: $10 $ DONATIONS TO THE SIA Scholarship Travel Fund Donation $ Preservation Grant Fund Donation $ TOTAL PAID $ 1. Check box if you wish NOT to share your information with other attendees 2. Check box if you (or companion) may require special meals we will contact you by phone or to define your requirement. Cost for the Fall Tour is $300 per person. Registrants must be current members of the SIA. The registration fee includes one day of tours on Monday, one day of tours on Tuesday, three breakfasts, two lunches and two evening meals. The Wednesday tour is optional at $45 per registrant. Student registration with documentation of full-time student status is $120 for the Fall Tour and $45 for the optional Wednesday tour. Students must register online. We can accept a maximum of eighty Fall Tour registrants including a maximum of eight student registrants. The optional Wednesday tour has a maximum of fifty-one registrants. Method of Payment: Personal check or money order (in U.S. dollars drawn on U.S. bank). Make check payable to SIA Fall Tour 2014 OR register and pay by credit card online at Mail payment and form to: SIA 2014 Fall Tour Department of Social Sciences Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, MI USA Laughery Creek Bridge from a brochure produced by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company ca 1884 (Part of the optional Wednesday Tour)