America’s Evolving Industries: This Book Details a Rich Regional and Industrial History of Ohio’s Energy Systems Throughout Local Memory
06 Agosto 2024 - 2:41PM
Deep-dive explorations of American infrastructure are a fantastic
way to understand the interconnected nature of industries. In a
recent book, Power in The Clouds, author Gordon Lloyd Jones unveils
the history of a prominent Ohio energy company, helping build
appreciation for the complex systems that go into building a
community.
The Dayton Power and Light Company (or DPL, as it’s locally
known), for years provided electricity through its power plants in
the Dayton area, offering an economic boon to the region through
the creation of jobs and the development of important
infrastructure. Power in The Clouds not only chronicles the history
of the company but also gives many firsthand perspectives on the
relationships that employees, leaders, and community members had
with the organization. Of chief interest to the author are the two
plants, J.M. Stuart Station and Killen Station, which together
formed the heart of DPL’s operation.
Although these prosperous bastions of industry eventually fell
on hard times and shut down and demolished, their legacy has
remained impactful. Today, the two power plant sites are shells of
what once remained, industrial ghost towns. Jones’s book captures
the melancholy of their decline, the complexities and evolutions of
their relationship to the community over the years, and the
positive memories that the author had with the company as a
thirty-seven-year employee. It also honors the plants for their
unfinished potential, exploring future uses for their
locations.
Readers will be energized by Power in the Clouds, a book that
blends the nostalgia of an America gone by with the inevitability
of transformation as new technologies and systems forever alter the
landscape of the future. Perfect for those interested in Ohio state
history or in industrial technology, this book is an excellent
resource for understanding the legacies that local power companies
leave behind.
Power in The Clouds is available for purchase online at
Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. For more information about the
author, please visit any of his social media platforms.
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About the Author:
Gordon Lloyd Jones is the author of the historical biography
WWII: The Fighting Faris Family and the spiritual memoirs Divinely
Encountered and The Son Also Rises. He is also an Expert
Contributor at Maysville Living Magazine. Jones was raised in
Maysville, Kentucky (go Bulldogs), attending the University of
Kentucky and Morehead State College. He has been an ordained,
bi-vocational pastor for over twenty years. After working for
thirty-seven years at Dayton Power and Light, he began his teaching
career at Maysville Community and Technical College, where he has
worked for thirteen years. He is happily married to his wife,
Cathy. Jones’s memoirs are available at BarnesandNoble.com, and all
of his books are available on Amazon.
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