There is a story told in Lime Springs Iowa about Lidtke Mill. It was about midnight on a cloudy rainy night. When old Frank Walker was wearing his big black rain poncho while inspecting the mill. It was a windy and cold night but could still hear the shrill train whistle in the distance. Just then the peterson family pulled up. “Hello Petersons,”said Frank.”Hi,”said the Petersons.What are you doing out so late.””Just inspecting machinery again.””We'll see ya tomorrow.” He entered the old mill consciously checking the the machinery. He made sure all the equipment was running well oiled and greased daily. Then when he entered the electrical room he looked at the spot where young John Peterson stood when he was electrocuted. He barely noticed
Stirling Bridge had been a thriving power tool business for over 100 years. The company had sold and distributed power tools and equipment all over the U.S., Europe, and third world countries. Recently one of Stirling Bridge’s top selling products, the Braveheart power tool line, came under attack when consumer agencies conducted research and found many consumers who purchased the power tools were experiencing significant harm and personal injury after use. Stirling Bridge (STIRLING BRIDGE) had identified potential safety concerns with their power tools and hired an independent research company to investigate why consumers were being injured using their power tools, well before the company came under the attack of public agencies.
A multitude of mills going up created back water which hindered the mill’s wheels from turning more freely, but with more competitors came more jobs to the area. In addition to more work came the need for more workers. Francis Lowell of Massachusetts decided to make a wholesome atmosphere to attract young country women to his mill to work. He offered wholesome living with room and board, decent pay, strict rules, and curfews to enforce the safety of the girls that worked for him. These workers came to be known as the “Lowell girls”.
Many times, it happens, when people like to stay in dark due to some miss happening in the past. They do not want to interact with the outer world that is what happened with the Mills. The main person of the story “Chainsaw Fingers” by Paul Crenshaw. This short story describes life of Mills who has fingers made of chainsaw due to which he start suffering
Sam Patch’s father, who was a drunkard, exhausted all his family fortune, and in 1807 the Patches moved to the mill village of Pawtucket. This was a climactic moment in their history because it marked their passage out of the family economy and into the labor market. This caused the Patches to be dependent on factory owners for a job. Factory spinners, including Sam Patch, were people with a lot of pride and dignity. Before 1820, most spinners in New England mills were emigrants from the factory towns of Lancashire England. They were veterans who knew that their skills were essential, and they commanded respect (Johnson 23). Industrialization brought with it urbanization or city growth but it had an unintended consequence of creating massive wealth gaps between the rich people and the working class people.
[2] Though it has been talked about as an anti-nuclear film, the nuclear theme is an underlying one. (A good question to ask is why this is NOT the main issue.) The way I look at Silkwood is the way many reviewers have; the central issue of this film is the story of the working class. I feel that I can comment legitimately on this issue, as the rural Pennsylvania town where I grew up is not too far from Silkwood's Oklahoma countryside (except geographically, of course). Some of the problems the Kerr-McGee workers have are familiar to me. For example, job security, especially now as I write, is of utmost importance in my home community. Like Crescent, Oklahoma, my community in Pennsylvania has one main industry, but it is at least a safe one: tool and die. As technology increases, these jobs are becoming obsolete, and, so, anyone in this trade in my hometown is lacking job security. And this in turn threatens other local businesses that depend on tool and die workers spending their money.
Following the Civil War, life in the south was dramatically changed. America faced an arduous task of rebuilding the devastated economy and social infrastructure in former Confederate states. This new movement was known as the Reconstruction era, and it was responsible for the emergence of a multifaceted industrialization of manufactured goods and transportation networks. In the book, Steel Drivin’ Man, Scott Reynolds Nelson conveys the intensity of political debate during the Reconstruction era. The conflict revolved around the role of the federal government in domestic affairs as well as the status of recently freed African-American slaves. This period marked the emergence of John Henry, a former African-American slave that became a classic figure of American folklore myths. He was known as the man who defeated the steam-powered drill in a race, but died shortly after from inhaling the rock dust generated by the steam drills. The story of John Henry emerged out of and reflected the histories of southern reconstruction by outlining the political, social, and economic changes that undermined black equality.
The Lowell textile mills were a new transition in American history that explored working and labor conditions in the new industrial factories in American. To describe the Lowell Textile mills it requires a look back in history to study, discover and gain knowledge of the industrial labor and factory systems of industrial America. These mass production mills looked pretty promising at their beginning but after years of being in business showed multiple problems and setbacks to the people involved in them.
Working on a farm or in a factory has both similarities and differences, but moving from a rural to a city job could be quite difficult. Farm and factory jobs are similar because they are dangerous and require intense physical labor. Both the farm and factory jobs have daily hazards. In 2009, farming continues to be the most dangerous job in the United States, due to the constant risk of animal stampedes or agricultural machinery accidents. In factories, like Grede Foundries, ear and eye protection against deafening crashes and flying sparks is required, as well as having all skin covered to prevent from hot metal burns. However, the most noticeable similarity is the amount of physical labor needed in both Wauwatosa and Elkhorn workplaces to produce the goods sold. One example of this in history is five year old Salvin from Brown’s Mills, New Jersey. In 1910, this young boy labored in the fields, becoming weak from lugging two pecks of cranberries at a time in extreme heat. Similar physical labor is demanded of factory workers in United States history, causing numerous health problem...
...f my family members, would be radically different today if it were not for the Lindale Mill.
“The Miller’s Tale” perfectly incorporates all of the necessary components that make up a winning tale. In Chaucer’s, The Canterbury Tales, “The Miller’s Tale” fully satisfies every rule required by the Host, in a humorous and intriguing way. He uses the misfortune of the characters to grasp the reader’s attention, and keep him or her interested throughout the story. In the tale, Chaucer includes the idea of religious corruption happening in England during the fourteenth-century. He takes this negative idea and manipulates it into comedic relief by making both Nicholas and Absalom clerks. The actions of those characters, who were supposed to be revered due to their religious position, proves Chaucer’s negative view of the Catholic Church in England at that time. Through Chaucer’s incorporation of fourteenth-century religious corruption,
It was late June in the year of 1981. A man named Travis and his dog Marshall travel through the thick rain forests of Peru, on a nice vacation. Marshall, walks at a cheerful, fast pace… Mostly keeping his nose on the ground the whole time, just letting his sniffer guide the way. Travis pets Marshall periodically, and gazes at the amazing scenery of the Peru rainforest. They come upon a breathtaking waterfall in an opening. It was just then when Travis notices a man standing near the waterfall, also gazing it. Travis and Marshall walk up to the man, and he now notices them. He smiles at them kind of creepily, but Travis just puts that away and decides not to judge the man.
Oukonunaka could see the sun peeking in from the small hole in the ceiling of his hut. He hurried out of his bed to meet his father, mother, and sister for breakfast. They had some flat bread left from the night before, so that is what they ate. Oukonunaka ate quickly so he could get ready and hopefully go on a hunt with his dad and the other men. He had been hunting before, but only for small game like hogs or turkey. Today he was hoping to kill his first deer.
Jimmy Hare or just Hare for short, was the fastest runner in all of the town. He was very cocky about his speed. Every time he won a race he acted like he had just won a gold medal. The town was getting very annoyed with Hare. They weren't happy about his boasting. ¨If someone could just beat him, he would quit all of his bragging¨, the people of the town thought.
...hildren becoming deformed. Stand for hours on end as caused the still growing legs, and spine to grow crooked causing lifelong pain. Working in the mills also led to missing fingers and limbs that could be caught in the constantly moving machines.
In the New York City lumber industry from 1901-1905, “the degree of accidents of the workers consisted of 57.3 percent of temporary disablement, 38.6 percent of the accidents led to permanent disablement, loss of a body part such as eye, leg, arm, fingers, hands, feet, or other internal injuries, and 3.8 percent of the accidents were fatalities.” This is a result of the combination of handling very dangerous equipment. It also comes from being around very hazardous material because the workers are not familiar with the chemicals in their working environment. Being a sawmill worker is a dirty job because of the low wages, unsafe working conditions, and the blatant gender discrimination.