DESCRIPTION: Beaver River Regatta held August 18-19, 2012. SEE ALSO: RETURN TO THE LISTENING LIBRARY: BEAVER COUNTY The Listening Library of Beaver County (LLBC) is curated by The Social Voice Project. It is a publicly and privately sourced audio/visual archive of voices and stories related to Beaver County, Pennsylvania and surrounding region. Disclaimer: LLBC is …
DESCRIPTION: “Locking through the Montgomery Lock on the Ohio River near Midland, PA. We continue up river, past the Shippingport Nuclear Power Plant, then return back through the Montgomery Lock.” SEE ALSO: Montgomery Locks and Dam Fathers Day 6/17/12 (Going through Montgomery Lock) RETURN TO THE LISTENING LIBRARY: BEAVER COUNTY The Listening Library of Beaver …
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Democracy and wealth have a long and troubled relationship. Democracy requires openness, transparency, accountability, and a reasonable level of economic equality. On the other hand, wealth unrestrained, often works in various ways to buy influence, power, and votes. The uneasy relationship between democracy and money became even more troubled with the rise of large corporations, …
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The Ohio River LifeBoat Project from the STUDIO’s previous fellow Carolyn Lambert was a four month journey on a customized boat. The LifeBoat hosted potluck dinners to discuss the intersections of recreation and commerce, culture and ecology of the Ohio River. Drawing on the personal stories and memories of towboat captains, swimmers, casino boat pilots, …
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Amherst Madison deckhand Ryan Gilleran describes life on a towboat transporting barges full of coal, and other materials, up and down America’s waterways. When they deliver road salt to towns in the winter or coal to power plants in the middle of the night, Gilleran says he and his fellow “towboaters” feel like unsung heroes, …
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The Nibi (Water) Walks are Indigenous-led, extended ceremonies to pray for the water. The Ohio River Water Walk began on April 22, 2014 in Pittsburgh, PA [through Beaver County, Pa] and ended in Cairo, IL, where the Ohio joins the Mississippi River. The Nibi (Water) Walks are Indigenous-led, extended ceremonies to pray for the water. …
Mark Grago YouTube playlist related to Native Americans in and around Beaver County. I Find an Indian Burial Mound? Early&Native American History of Ohioville, PA. (Beaver County, PA) The Legend of Indian Rock (South Beaver Township, Pennsylvania) How Pittsburgh Tamed The West! RETURN TO THE LISTENING LIBRARY: BEAVER COUNTY
Over the past decade, fracking has extracted more gas than consumers demand, so the fracking industry has begun converting the gas glut into petrochemical products like plastic. Here, we’re at the construction site Shell Ethane Cracker, a facility that will crack fracked ethane to make polyethylene plastic. This is the primary component of a wave …
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