Youngstown, Ohio

During my car trip to Goshen, Indiana to see the folks I made several long stops, 30 or so minutes, to stretch out the back and leg muscles. The first was at the Delaware Water Gap (New Jersey side) at daybreak after the first three hours of driving. I made two more stops in Pennsylvania. When I crossed the Ohio state line I knew either I needed a long break or I should stop for the night. Getting off the interstate near Youngstown I could see steel mills in the distance and thought I'd take a closer look around. I've found a strange beauty in industrial landscapes that goes back to my Jersey City days and I wanted to capture some more images of industry, current and defunct. The hard part was getting over the fence and barbed wire without tearing my relatively "new" jeans (sure glad there were no dogs!).

I don't know what purpose many of the objects here had, but their dark shapes silhouetted against against a gray sky fascinated me. I reccognized the track spacing car and the huge slag mountain in the distance, if indeed, that is what they are. The rest is anybody's guess.