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Welcome to York Town Square, 8 years of daily posts about journalism and history, topics that can easily become plodding and self important. My goal is to keep this blog fun and accessible. And I try to say something in each post. I welcome your comments and respond to every one you write. Please contact me at jem@ydr.com.
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Precarious perch above York County, Pa., Part II
Two cranes, capable of reaching about 180 feet high, help technicians work on the Sprint phone network atop an old Met Ed steam plant smokestack in downtown York
Posted in Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Made in York, N.Y. Wire/Whistle, Nostalgia & memories, Uncategorized
Tagged East Philadelphia Street, f, Glen Rock, Met Ed steam plant, Mount Wolf, New York Wire, oustown, power plant, smokestack, Spring, Zion United Church of Christ
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What is this mystery find in the Hanover Evening Sun’s closet? Linked in to history, 12/12/12
Yorktownsquare.com covers links to a Pearl Harbor anniversary observance, a West York whose 12th birthday is 12/12/12 and the Glen Rock Carolers annual performance
Posted in Archives, all posts, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Music and musicians, N.Y. Wire/Whistle, Nostalgia & memories, Uncategorized
Tagged Amish, Glen Rock, Glen Rock Carol Singers, Glen Rock Caroler, Hanover, Hanover Evening Sun, New Year's Eve, New York Wire, New York Wire factory whistle, Nickel Mines, Pearl Harbor, York Centre Square
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New York Wire factory whistle commentary delivered to readers via Google+
New York Wire’s factory whistle concert may be endangered again, with the reported closing of the company’s East Market Street factory. Musing about this on a recent Google+ post.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Made in York, Music and musicians, N.Y. Wire/Whistle, Nostalgia & memories, People, Uncategorized
Tagged Bury's burger, cigarmaking, Cousler Park, Daniel G. Meckley III, Declaration of Independence, Electric Map, Glen Rock, Hanover, James Smith, Jeff Hines, Jon Raab, Lafayette Club, Ma & Pa Railroad, Muddy Creek Forks, New York Wire, New York Wire Cloth, Pfaltzgraff, pottery, Starbucks, Stewartstown Railroad, York City Hall
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A crack, a lean and Mount Wolf’s smokestack came down: Linked in to York County history, Sept. 20, 2012
Yorktownsquare.com covers demolition of another smokestack in York County, a view of a piece of the Electric Map and Voith’s 135th anniversary.
Posted in Archives, all posts, Civil War, Events, Explanations/controversy, For photo fans, History video channel, Linked in/neat stuff, Local journalism & Web, Local landmarks, Made in York, Mail bag, N.Y. Wire/Whistle, Nostalgia & memories, People, Uncategorized, Unsung/obscure sites, War
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Allis-Chalmers, Electric Map, Foust distillery, Foustown, Gettysburg, Glen Rock, Hanover, Mount Wolf, New York Wire, S. Morgan Smith, Scott Roland, Steven Spielberg, Voith
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New York Wire factory whistle, shift workers and children: Does the noise disturb them?
Workers get ready for the New York Factory Whistle Concert rehearsal in preparation for tonight’s concert. At the same time as this unusual concert, but about 15 miles away, the Glen Rock Carol Singers will exercise their vocal chords all … Continue reading
Community landmark coming down: Linked in with neat York County history stuff, Oct. 10, 2011
A Mount Wolf, Pa., community landmark, the old wire cloth factory, is coming down. The demolition is fascinating townspeople as a recent York Daily Record/Sunday News story reports. Interesting that this old Pennsylvania Wire Cloth plant, later New York Wire, … Continue reading
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Tagged Glen Rock, Historic York, New York Wire
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