For any of you in the New York area during the next few months, Cold  
Spring is easily accessible by Metro North from Grand Central.

The West Point Foundry: Unearthing the Past, Forging a Future
March 30 – December 14, 2008
The full arc of American industrial history, from thriving  
manufacturing to benign neglect and rediscovery, is on display in a  
new exhibition about Scenic Hudson's West Point Foundry Preserve in  
the Village of Cold Spring, New York. Recent archaelogical finds  
discovered by Michigan Tech are the centerpiece of displays on three  
original foundry buildings, and are used to highlight major aspects  
of the foundry's operations and its workers' lives. Photographs and  
other materials illustrate the neglect and contamination of the site  
during much of the 20th century and its renovation and renewal since  
1992. Scenic Hudson's plans for a $3.5-million "outdoor museum" that  
explains the foundry's groundbreaking contribution to American  
industry as well as the land's ecological rebirth are also on view.
The exhibition includes archaeological artifacts, photographs, maps,  
and interactive displays. Since the West Point Foundry Preserve is a  
short walk from the museum and open to the public, visitors can  
easily take in the exhibition and visit its source.
This exhibition has been organized and funded by Scenic Hudson,  
Michigan Technological University and the Putnam County Historical  
Society & Foundry School Museum. Additional funding has been provided  
by Matthews Nielsen Landscape Architects; Kearney Realty Group; and  
Sterns & Wheeler, LLC. Storage for Scenic Hudson's West Point Foundry  
Collection is provided by the Village of Cold Spring.
For more information, please visit http://www.scenichudson.org/ 
whatyoucando/visitourparks/westpointfoundrypreserve and  
www.westpointfoundry.org.

Patrick E. Martin
Professor of Archaeology
Department of Social Sciences
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI  49931
phone 906-487-2070,email [log in to unmask]
www.industrialarchaeology.net