Iron Man Of The Month

By Joe Fahnestock
Published on July 1, 1968
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OLD TROY, OHIO POWER PLANT I'd passed this quaint, arched-window brick structure, gloried in its ornate 80-foot smokestack-a monument to the brick-layers' prowess but little did I realize it was still functioning as a steam plant
OLD TROY, OHIO POWER PLANT I'd passed this quaint, arched-window brick structure, gloried in its ornate 80-foot smokestack-a monument to the brick-layers' prowess but little did I realize it was still functioning as a steam plant
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BLISSFUL IRON MAN Fireman Harold Baker of Piqua, Ohio munches on peeled banana from typical steam man's lunch pail, as he lolls in Box Engineer's favorite swivel chair. Note heavy chain to keep drowsy, overheated employees from dozing backward and falling
BLISSFUL IRON MAN Fireman Harold Baker of Piqua, Ohio munches on peeled banana from typical steam man's lunch pail, as he lolls in Box Engineer's favorite swivel chair. Note heavy chain to keep drowsy, overheated employees from dozing backward and falling
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SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND SMELLS ALMOST GONE FROM AMERICAN SCENE-Iron-Man looks rather puny between that steam cylinder and heavy fly-wheel of the mighty Ball Engine. Harold Baker tilts ''tallow-pot'' in oiling up big stationary steam engine which stands ready i
SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND SMELLS ALMOST GONE FROM AMERICAN SCENE-Iron-Man looks rather puny between that steam cylinder and heavy fly-wheel of the mighty Ball Engine. Harold Baker tilts ''tallow-pot'' in oiling up big stationary steam engine which stands ready i
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UNION CITY, INDIAN

The quiet, pulsating rhythm of a heavy fly-wheel, the
ever-restless crosshead prancing back and forth between its guides,
but like a tiger in its cage going nowhere, the rod and valve gear
flashing circular patterns from the dim bulb overhead, the smell of
hot cylinder oil and the muffled surge of steam billowing pillars

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