Two different industries at Worthington
The neighbours here do not share a trade. Armstrong Cement and Supply lies about 6.9 miles north-east at Worthington and runs 55 people on the books — a cement plant, and one of the larger crews in this part of the county.
M and M Lime sits about 10.2 miles north-east at the same place with nine people, working lime rather than cement.
A truck bought for one of those trades will have run a different duty cycle from a truck bought for the next, even though the addresses are minutes apart.
And a rail town eight miles west
Beyond them the yards cluster tightly. The North American Rail Network maintained by the Federal Railroad Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics places several yards at Butler, between about 8.4 and 10.1 miles north and north-west of here, with the Butler Shops among them at about 8.9 miles.
North-east and south it turns to stone and coal: Bison Mine about 9.4 miles north-east at Worthington with 15 people, the Graff Mine about 11.0 miles with 27, North Camp Run about 10.5 miles south at Russellton with five, and the McVille Prep Plant about 11.0 miles east at Freeport with one.
Further south the Allegheny valley proper — West Tarentum about 11.1 miles.
Cement and lime work is hard on a chassis in a way stone hauling is not — dust, weight and short repeated cycles — so brakes, suspension and tyres go before the engine.
- I am out towards the river.