This distillery makes vodka, rum, gin, whisky, and bourbon cream with with an essential ingredient courtesy Mother Nature, just outside. The staff here says, humans can’t make good water, so they’re grateful for the convenient location of Big Spring right next to their distillery. They’re not alone in their assessment of the quality of its water – the Pennsylvania Rural Water Association Conference declared it the state’s “Best Tasting Water.” Penn State alumni Kevin Lloyd and Paula Cipar founded Big Spring Spirits in 2014. Philip Jensen, award-winning home brewer and Head Distiller, shows viewers how they carry out each step.

  Custom Built manufactures heavy duty towing vehicles in Kane, PA. They pride themselves on their use of quality American-made steel, aluminum, fasteners, hydraulics, cables, winches, lights, and as many other accessories whenever possible. See the hand crafting that goes into making these impressive vehicles on this episode of PCN Tours.  

Back in the 1930s, Noah Kreider and his wife Mary started their farming operation with 102 acres of land, a dozen dairy cows, and 200 chickens.  Today, under the third generation leadership of Ron Kreider, this diverse farming business has expanded their footprint on the countryside to 3,000 acres.  With the help of 1,700 cows […]

KME is a manufacturer of high quality, custom fire apparatuses that are used across the country. This includes ARFF, Aerial, Industrial, Pumper, Rescue, Tanker, and Wildland Products built on custom or commercial chassis. On this tour, you’ll see the steps that go into building one of these impressive vehicles.    

Patrick J. Cunningham started this company in 1891 as a manufacturer of pianos.  But by the time World War II was about to begin, they stopped production while their staff focused on helping the war effort.   When the war ended, the Cunningham company began a new chapter in their history, and concentrated their resources on […]

Donjon Shipbuilding and Repair is located in Erie, Pennsylvania, right on Lake Erie. There, it services ships with a variety of services. Get a glimpse into some of the jobs they perform and see how they repair boats in dry dock. All on this episode of PCN Tours.

DiamondBack makes metal covers for the beds of pick-up trucks.  Some have a hinge in the middle allowing the driver to use half of the truck bed as a tool box and the other half to store everything else.  Other covers allow division of a truck bed into three compartments.  All cover variations emphasize easy […]

Agworks at Commonwealth Charter Academy is a public educational aquaponics facility located in Harrisburg, PA. On this episode of PCN Tours, you will learn about this living laboratory. Students have the opportunity to grow and harvest organic fruits, vegetables and herbs and will have the opportunity to raise and maintain tilapia, koi and prawn, which […]

Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, home of the world-famous groundhog weather forecaster, is also known as “The Weather Capital of the World.”  That makes the Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center the ultimate destination to learn how the science and folklore of weather prediction collide. The exhibits are interactive so you become part of the exhibit, and that makes it loads of […]

Coolspring Power Museum presents an illuminating history of the evolution of the internal combustion engine.  The museum’s collection includes hundreds of stationary engines housed in more than 35 buildings, and on outdoor display. Engines in the museum’s collection range in power from less than one horsepower up to six-hundred horsepower. Stationary gas hit-and-miss engines, throttle […]