Links

Museums & Organizations

Canadian Museum of Making is a private museum of machine tools and related metalworking artifacts.
Chesapeake Area Metalworking Society
Baltimore Museum of Industry
Rick Rowlands is restoring a 1914 5000-hp Tod horizontal steam engine, in Youngstown, OH. Its a monumental project. Visit at Todengine.org.   To support the engine restoration Rick runs a small foundry, as well as collecting antique machine tools.
Eastern Shore Threshermen
Potomac Antique Tools and Industries Association (PATINA)
For information on older machine tools, Tony Griffith's machine tool website (lathes.co.uk) is a goldmine. Despite the name, there is info on other types of machine tools as well.

Maryland's Eastern Shore Info & Attractions

Talbot County Information
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Tuckahoe State Park
Adkins Arboretum is a 400-acre native garden and preserve on Maryland’s Eastern Shore dedicated to promoting the appreciation and conservation of the region’s native plants. Four miles of paths along streams, through meadows and native plant gardens and under the shade of a rich bottomland forest attract nature lovers, gardeners, students and birders.