Slag is a partially vitreous by-product of smelting ore to purify metals. (Wikipedia)
We are the children of the true slag masters. I am nearing 50 years now and I want you to know the heritage that is Philadelphia.
In the time of our parents when Philadelphia was at its ugliest and great chimneys belched black smoke that spread throughout the city, Philadelphia forged the foundation of a nation. Located perfectly between fire and water (between the steel mills and the sea) the steel rendered from the slag was beaten into plates, bolts, shovels, bearings and axils for trains. Trains brought steel from Allentown and Bethlehem (Pa.) to Philadelphia to be forged into every conceivable shape and contraption. These innocuous bits and pieces of greater things were shipped around the world. Native Americans wanted steel that could hold an edge. Tough and durable steel knives and arrow heads lasted longer than ones made of stone and could be easily sharpened.
It wasn’t just steel either. Sears was just down the street, shipping to every east-coast Sears shop. Breyers made Ice-cream here. The first television cameras were made by RCA across the river. The first modern computer was made at the University of Pennsylvania. The seeds of the Internet and ASCII code began here.
In the age of slag freighters left the port of Philadelphia laden heavy with the products of this area and ran deep in the water. I hear people saying that the one bright spot in our economy is that government, medicine and teachers are hiring; but, they do not create wealth. When common rocks are turned into steel; steel into bolts and bolts into machines, wealth is created that did not exist before, enriching the whole.
They say that Philadelphia is becoming a “pretty city”. You might think that people might be glad to say goodbye to the acrid smoke from the age of slag. In my nearly 50 years I have never heard one dennison of this dynamic city look forward to being a “pretty city”. So it is that we must face the end of slag with some courage though none of us feel very brave. The trade deficit grows larger as we mortgage our futures to the Chinese. For myself I have one desperate attempt to survive the end of slag, my website: Naughty Nudes Galleries. I don’t know what everybody else is going to do. These people are strong and in time I’m sure they will find a way. Just don’t tell me that doctors, lawyers and indian chiefs will replace people and businesses that actually produced stuff.
We are the children of the true slag masters. I am nearing 50 years now and I want you to know the heritage that is Philadelphia.
In the time of our parents when Philadelphia was at its ugliest and great chimneys belched black smoke that spread throughout the city, Philadelphia forged the foundation of a nation. Located perfectly between fire and water (between the steel mills and the sea) the steel rendered from the slag was beaten into plates, bolts, shovels, bearings and axils for trains. Trains brought steel from Allentown and Bethlehem (Pa.) to Philadelphia to be forged into every conceivable shape and contraption. These innocuous bits and pieces of greater things were shipped around the world. Native Americans wanted steel that could hold an edge. Tough and durable steel knives and arrow heads lasted longer than ones made of stone and could be easily sharpened.
It wasn’t just steel either. Sears was just down the street, shipping to every east-coast Sears shop. Breyers made Ice-cream here. The first television cameras were made by RCA across the river. The first modern computer was made at the University of Pennsylvania. The seeds of the Internet and ASCII code began here.
In the age of slag freighters left the port of Philadelphia laden heavy with the products of this area and ran deep in the water. I hear people saying that the one bright spot in our economy is that government, medicine and teachers are hiring; but, they do not create wealth. When common rocks are turned into steel; steel into bolts and bolts into machines, wealth is created that did not exist before, enriching the whole.
They say that Philadelphia is becoming a “pretty city”. You might think that people might be glad to say goodbye to the acrid smoke from the age of slag. In my nearly 50 years I have never heard one dennison of this dynamic city look forward to being a “pretty city”. So it is that we must face the end of slag with some courage though none of us feel very brave. The trade deficit grows larger as we mortgage our futures to the Chinese. For myself I have one desperate attempt to survive the end of slag, my website: Naughty Nudes Galleries. I don’t know what everybody else is going to do. These people are strong and in time I’m sure they will find a way. Just don’t tell me that doctors, lawyers and indian chiefs will replace people and businesses that actually produced stuff.
Slagmaster DitelHead
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