2 episodes
The Shop Heard 'Round the World Charles River Museum
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- Education
Our mission is to educate people about America's industrial history and to encourage and inspire future innovation. We do this by creating engaging experiences that highlight the many fascinating technical and business innovations that have taken place in this region and continue to change the world. Located in the Francis Cabot Lowell Mill, an icon of the American Industrial Revolution, the Museum brings together intriguing artifacts, cultural insights, and inspiring stories to delight people of all ages, enabling them to see the past and envision the future.
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Watch City Bike Lab Introduced and Explained
Two members of the Watch City Bike Lab, a community bicycle workshop in Waltham, Massachusetts, explain the origins and the reasons for the Watch City Bike Lab. - Waltham has a long tradition in innovative and impactful bicycling initiatives. The Watch City Bike Lab is the latest embodiment of that tradition.
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Dave Crafts - Pratt & Whitney Drill Bit Story
A visitor to the Charles River Museum of Industry told us this funny story about an elegant act of "oneupsmanship" that became legend at Pratt & Whitney in the post-World War II era. - The storyteller, Dave Craft's father worked at Pratt & Whitney at that time, while they were trying to find ways to market their new skills and technologies after the war was over and their factories were idled.