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Franklin Music Hall is a concert venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It is in a converted building once part of the General Electric Switchgear Plant and opened in 1995. It has a capacity between 2,500 [1] and 3,000 people. [2]
Electric Factory Concerts remains the dominant Philadelphia concert promoter, though the brand is now owned by Live Nation Entertainment. [ 7 ] The International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees , Local 8 has called for a boycott of all Electric Factory Concert events, stating that the promoter "(undermines) the area standard."
The General Electric Switchgear Plant is a historic factory building located at 421 North 7th Street at Willow Street in the Callowhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1916, and is a seven-story, seven bay by nine bay, reinforced concrete building with brick facing.
The Tower Theater is a music venue in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. It opened in 1927, and has been a globally popular venue for music acts since the 1970s. In 2018, the Tower Theater was named one of the ten best live music venues in the United States by Rolling Stone magazine. [2]
The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks is an exhibition center located in Oaks, Pennsylvania. It has five adjoining exhibit halls, 9 meeting rooms, two small food courts, and a total area of over 240,000 square feet on one floor. [1] It is among the largest suburban exposition centers on the East Coast of the United States.
The landmark exposition resulted in the formation of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, an ancestor of today's Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. During the International Electrical Exhibition, the National Conference of Electricians was convened on September 8–13, 1884, at the Franklin Institute.
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Items from the 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia can be found on display in this exhibition. [10] The largest and most prominent artifact in this hall is the 115-ton, 8 MGD, International Steam Pump Company's Snow, Corliss Steam Engine that had pumped water for York, PA beginning in 1914. [4]