# Event Details - **Event Name**: Mill Talk: How To Fuel an Industrial Revolution, Coal & the Energy Economy - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 04 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 04 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: This heavy reliance on coal created significant quality of life issues for Boston residentsAbout this EventMill Talk: How To Fuel an Industrial Revolution: Coal and the Energy Economy of Boston, 1820-1970Presented by Thomas SpeightThis talk will discuss the use of coal as a fuel for industry, utilities and domestic life in metropolitan Boston between roughly 1820 and 1970, including the core years of the Industrial Revolutions. During this period, coal accounted for the majority of Boston’s energy supply, and provided energy to Boston’s homes, factories, foundries, power plants, shipyards and other operations. Coal also fed the city’s multiple gasworks, which provided street lighting and domestic and industrial fuel, and supplied power to both the water and sewage pumping stations.This heavy reliance on coal also created significant quality of life issues for Boston residents, and resulted in one of the nation’s first smoke abatement laws (Chapter 651 of the Acts of 1910).Speaker BioThomas Speight has twenty years’ experience in the environmental field as a consultant and regulator, including approximately fifteen years with a primary focus on assessment and remediation of contaminated sites. He is a Massachusetts Licensed Site Professional and a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager, and a member of the Society for Industrial Archaeology. He is a coauthor of Manufactured Gas Plant Remediation: A Case Study (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2018), with Allen W. Hatheway. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/waltham/mill-talk-how-to-fuel-an-industrial-revolution-coal-and-the-energy-economy/100001980120983164 - **Event Categories**: - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Waltham - **state**: MA - **country**: United States - **location**: Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation - **lat**: 42.372984 - **long**: -71.23400200000003 - **full address**: Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation, 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Mill Talk: How To Fuel an Industrial Revolution, Coal & the Energy Economy - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/455fb966c3b81e2d4853a9f87998b9637eb5e6f74a10a4bfd6a7c90d75d8f231-rimg-w1200-h600-dc291f15-gmir.jpg?v=1768154753 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Mill Talk: How To Fuel an Industrial Revolution, Coal & the Energy Economy being held? - **A:** Mill Talk: How To Fuel an Industrial Revolution, Coal & the Energy Economy takes place on Wed, 04 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 04 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation, 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Mill Talk: How To Fuel an Industrial Revolution, Coal & the Energy Economy? - **A:** Mill Talk: How To Fuel an Industrial Revolution, Coal & the Energy Economy is organized by Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Mill Talk: How To Fuel an Industrial Revolution, Coal & the Energy Economy", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/455fb966c3b81e2d4853a9f87998b9637eb5e6f74a10a4bfd6a7c90d75d8f231-rimg-w1200-h600-dc291f15-gmir.jpg?v=1768154753", "startDate": "2026-03-04", "endDate": "2026-03-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/waltham/mill-talk-how-to-fuel-an-industrial-revolution-coal-and-the-energy-economy/100001980120983164", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "154 Moody Street", "postalCode": "02453", "addressLocality": "Waltham", "addressRegion": "MA", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "42.372984", "longitude": "-71.23400200000003" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "This heavy reliance on coal created significant quality of life issues for Boston residents", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-08", "availabilityEnds": "2026-03-04", "validFrom": "2026-04-08", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/waltham/mill-talk-how-to-fuel-an-industrial-revolution-coal-and-the-energy-economy/100001980120983164" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-08", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-08", "url": "https://allevents.in/waltham/mill-talk-how-to-fuel-an-industrial-revolution-coal-and-the-energy-economy/100001980120983164", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/charles-river-museum-of-industry-and-innovation/23091643", "description": "Located on the scenic banks of the Charles River in the historic 1814 Boston Manufacturing Company textile mill, CRMII is on the National Register of Historic Places as America’s first factory. 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