[Magdalen] Plain Speech.--cat-tails

[Jim Guthrie]

From: Lynn Ronkainen

>Now... those were something
>Lynn, who went on several tours of the auto plants in Detroit in the '50s and 
>early '60s... AMAZING

This Friday == around the corner from me -- will be the Annual Iron Pour at the 
Arts on Fire weekend here in Scranton/

They dup in iron ore, limestone and wood to make a hot fire, and at a certain 
point -- open the gate to let the molten iron out. It's the way they did things 
until the Bessemer process to make steel came along.

I was on an SIA tour of Bethlehem Steel sometime before they ceased producing 
steel -- and that process is more amazing than the "simple" iron pour by far. 
I've also participated in the Annual Ironmasters Convention  few times. That's a 
hobby/historical group that is fixated on the entire history of iron and steel. 
.I can tell you that it's far more intense than coin collecting <g>.

One of the Bethlehem Bessemer units has been preserved for historic purposes. 
The rest of the property was demolished to make way for a Casino. Sheesh.

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie