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Metalworking Interest Sites near Philadelphia PA?

On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:11:31 -0700, wrote:

On Mar 17, 2:36Â*pm, Bob S wrote:
Are there any locations of metalworking interest to visit in or near
Philadelphia PA, on either side of the river.

Fassio's
Joseph Fazzio's
Hagley Museum

Not specifically metalworking, but it's interesting to walk around
free in the Philadelphia Navy Yard, which is 4 to 6 miles northeast
of the airport, at the south end of Broad St. Ships in drydock,
decommissioning, etc at "NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance"
site, eg USS Forrestal and USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carriers at
pier 4 a couple blocks west of Broad St.

A few blocks east of downtown at Penn's Landing, if you have a
free day get a combined waterfront ticket ($$) and tour USS Olympia
(the pre-1900-vintage machine shop is interesting), USS New Jersey,
USS Becuna, Independence Seaport Museum, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_New_Jersey_%28BB-62%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Forrestal_%28CV-59%29#Decommissioning_and_fate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_John_F._Kennedy_%28CV-67%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Olympia_%28C-6%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Becuna_%28SS-319%29
http://www.planetware.com/philadelphia/waterfront-us-pa-water.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Seaport_Museum

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