Sippy Historic Machine Shop (Greater Meadville Tooling Center)

Goal: $7,500.00

Specific Need

We have initiated a large project to create a series of educational videos that document the functionality and historical significance of the belt-driven machine shop equipment housed in the Sippy Historic Machine Shop. These videos will be accessible through strategically placed QR codes within the exhibition space, allowing visitors to instantly access additional content that enhances their understanding of the machinery and its role in the evolution of the machining industry.

Mission

The Greater Meadville Tooling Center (dba Sippy Historic Machine Shop) is an educational institution that explores and interprets the evolution of the tooling and machining industry from the early 1800’s to the present and on into the future, and a center to promote careers in the tooling and machining industry to talented area youth – our future. The Center accomplishes this through the Sippy Historic Machine Shop, an exhibition and collection of historic artifacts that reflect the origins of the tooling and machining industry and its impact on the Greater Meadville area.

The Sippy Historic Machine Shop was created in 2021 by building a replica of the Foriska Machine Shop in Meadville and relocating the complete line shaft and the belt driven equipment, along with all the shop contents, to the new Saegertown location, recreating the operational 1906 Machine Shop.

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$3,254.92 received
in 32 gifts 43.40%  of  $7,500.00 Goal