(erielack) Re: Youngstown

[Todd Hollritt <thollritt_@_yahoo.com>]

Todd,

I think the reference in the song to "Jenny" has to do with the last 
blast  furnace torn down in Youngstown. It was named after the daughter of a 
steel  company official, whose name was Jenny. There are no longer ANY blast furnaces in Youngstown. Good news - the air in Youngstown is 25% cleaner. That doesn't make me feel much better.

Rick Fleischer
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  Rick (and list)
     I did a little research and you are correct, Bruce "Is" singing to the Jeannette blast furnace! This expert is from the book "Steeltown U.S.A" Work and Memory in Youngstown.
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   When "the Jenny" was shut down in 1978, 50,000 Youngstown workers lost their jobs, cutting the heart out of the local economy. Even as the community organized a nationally recognized effort to save the mills, the city was rocked by economic devastation, runaway crime, and mob scandal, problems that persist twenty-five years later. In the midst of these struggles "the Jenny" remained standing as a proud symbol of the community's glory days, still a dominant force in the construction of both individual and collective identities in Youngstown.
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  I found no information on what railroads served "The Jenny". 
   
  Todd ~
   
   
    

 
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