Eric DeLony served as chief of the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) from 1971 to 2003 and is a noted historic preservationist. He is a professional engineering and industrial heritage consultant and his particular interest is the preservation of historic bridges. He received the General Tools Award, the highest award of the Society for Industrial Archeology

Society for Industrial Archeology

The Society for Industrial Archeology is a North American non-profit organization dedicated to studying and preserving historic industrial sites, structures and equipment. It was founded in 1971 in Washington, D.C., and its members are primarily from the United States and Canada, although there is...

, in 2000.

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