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DESCRIPTION:Yankee Steam-Up is a fun\, fascinating and historic event -- jo
 in us in rural Rhode Island on Sunday\, October 3\, with local steam hobby
 ists and lots of engineering memorabilia as the IEEE Providence Section ho
 sts an event at the New England Wireless and Steam Museum in East Greenwic
 h\, RI. See Museum website at https://newsm.org\n\nThis museum is especial
 ly interesting to IEEE as our current Institute is the coming together of 
 three electrical societies. Two were based on Radio\, the first of which w
 as the Society of Wireless Telegraph Engineers\, “the Swatties”\, form
 ed in 1907 at MIT by John Stone. Walter Massie of Providence was a charter
  Swatty member. In 1912 the Swatties joined a New York city radio society 
 to form IRE. Walter Massie was also a charter member of IRE\, which some 5
 0 years later merged with AIEE to form IEEE. Massie was born in 1872\, the
  same year as Marconi\, and he was an active wireless worker by the late 1
 890’s. The New England Wireless and Steam Museum displays a coherer rece
 iver which he built in 1899. Of more importance the museum also displays t
 he complete two and one half story coastal wireless station\, “PJ” whi
 ch Massie built in 1907. This station with its working original equipment\
 , is the oldest surviving wireless station in the world. It’s a kind of 
 a Plymouth Rock to the electronics industry and as such it is on the Natio
 nal Register of Historic Places. By 1909 Massie had outfitted a chain of c
 oastal wireless stations reaching from Chatham\, MA down the Atlantic Coas
 t and up the Pacific Coast including seven stations in Alaska. He also out
 fitted the steamer President in 1908 which was the first commercial steame
 r equipped with wireless to travel in the Pacific Ocean. Also at the museu
 m is an 1895 DeLaVergne oil engine of the kind Marconi used to power his 1
 903 station at Wellfleet. Other items of electrical interest are pieces of
  Cyrus Field’s first Atlantic cable\, many early telegraph and telephone
  items\, numerous spark transmitters and radios. In the steam division of 
 the museum you can see the only surviving George H. Corliss\, 15’ flywhe
 el\, steam engine working under live steam\; the city of Hartford\, CT’s
  1883 electric power plant\; and URI’s 1895 electric power plant in oper
 ation.\n\nDirections: To get to the museum\, located in the SW corner of E
 ast Greenwich\, RI 02818\, take exit #8 South from US I-95. This puts you 
 on RI RT #2. Travel South on RI RT#2 a little over 2 miles to the stop lig
 ht at Frenchtown Road. Turn right\, that is to the west\, on Frenchtown Ro
 ad\, come up the hill about a mile to Tillinghast Road. Cross Tillinghast.
  Museum is on the left at 1300 Frenchtown Road. Gate is between two large 
 oak trees.\n\nNew England Wireless and Steam Museum\, 1300 Frenchtown Rd \
 , East Greenwich \, Rhode Island\, United States\, 02818 
LOCATION:New England Wireless and Steam Museum\, 1300 Frenchtown Rd \, East
  Greenwich \, Rhode Island\, United States\, 02818 
ORGANIZER:d.clarke@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:1
SUMMARY:IEEE PROVIDENCE SECTION AT THE NEW ENGLAND WIRELESS AND STEAM MUSEU
 M YANKEE STEAM-UP
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/292738
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Yankee Steam-Up is a fun\, fascinating and
  historic event -- join us in rural Rhode Island on Sunday\, October 3\, w
 ith local steam hobbyists and lots of engineering memorabilia as the IEEE 
 Providence Section hosts an event at the New England Wireless and Steam Mu
 seum in East Greenwich\, RI. See Museum website at https://newsm.org</p>\n
 <p>This museum is especially interesting to IEEE as&nbsp\;our current Inst
 itute is the coming together of three electrical societies. Two were based
  on Radio\, the first of which was the Society of Wireless Telegraph Engin
 eers\, &ldquo\;the Swatties&rdquo\;\, formed in 1907 at MIT by John Stone.
  Walter Massie of Providence was a charter Swatty member. In 1912 the Swat
 ties joined a New York city radio society to form IRE. Walter Massie was a
 lso a charter member of IRE\, which some 50 years later merged with AIEE t
 o form IEEE. Massie was born in 1872\, the same year as Marconi\, and he w
 as an active wireless worker by the late 1890&rsquo\;s. The New England Wi
 reless and Steam Museum displays a coherer receiver which he built in 1899
 . Of more importance the museum also displays the complete two and one hal
 f story coastal wireless station\, &ldquo\;PJ&rdquo\; which Massie built i
 n 1907. This station with its working original equipment\, is the oldest s
 urviving wireless station in the world. It&rsquo\;s a kind of a Plymouth R
 ock to the electronics industry and as such it is on the National Register
  of Historic Places. By 1909 Massie had outfitted a chain of coastal wirel
 ess stations reaching from Chatham\, MA down the Atlantic Coast and up the
  Pacific Coast including seven stations in Alaska. He also outfitted the s
 teamer President in 1908 which was the first commercial steamer equipped w
 ith wireless to travel in the Pacific Ocean. Also at the museum is an 1895
  DeLaVergne oil engine of the kind Marconi used to power his 1903 station 
 at Wellfleet. Other items of electrical interest are pieces of Cyrus Field
 &rsquo\;s first Atlantic cable\, many early telegraph and telephone items\
 , numerous spark transmitters and radios. In the steam division of the mus
 eum you can see the only surviving George H. Corliss\, 15&rsquo\; flywheel
 \, steam engine working under live steam\; the city of Hartford\, CT&rsquo
 \;s 1883 electric power plant\; and URI&rsquo\;s 1895 electric power plant
  in operation.</p>\n<p>Directions: To get to the museum\, located in the S
 W corner of East Greenwich\, RI 02818\, take exit #8 South from US I-95. T
 his puts you on RI RT #2. Travel South on RI RT#2 a little over 2 miles to
  the stop light at Frenchtown Road. Turn right\, that is to the west\, on 
 Frenchtown Road\, come up the hill about a mile to Tillinghast Road. Cross
  Tillinghast. Museum is on the left at 1300 Frenchtown Road. Gate is betwe
 en two large oak trees.</p>
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