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I sure hope they can save it. I imagine the stories of working there would be very entertaining.
Patricia
Tue 01-19-2010
that thing doesnt look like it has long before it falls
IM HERE TO CONFESS
Wed 01-20-2010
Really? When I think about working in a factory like this, doing the same stuff day after day, year after year until slowly realizing my life has become a dab analogy for a Pink Floyd song, I don't think of the phrase 'interesting stories'.

I fully realize I have not worked in a factory, merely a cube farm.

But still, dread pictures of druggery loom in the loam of mine cortex.
Binky
Thu 01-21-2010
Generations of men and even some women worked in these plants all over the US. They paid very well after the depression ended when unions came to be ane production worked up for WW2, thru the mid 1990's. It was hard work under hazardous conditions, but they took pride in it and were glad to have jobs that created gave them a middle class lifestyle that let them pay for a college education for their kids. Now most of these kinds of well-paying jobs are gone to foreign countries, as 50% of steel sold in the US is made overseas.
Craig L.
Sun 02-28-2010
In the foreground is a coal conveyor to bring the coal to the coal tower seen in the left background. The stack is behind the conveyor in the right background. The phot's perspective makes it look as if the conveyor and stack are connected, but they are not.
Craig L.
Sun 02-28-2010
sad
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Fri 07-23-2010

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