Turner Station Case Study

4. Turner Station is a classic example of a company town. Using the history of Turner
Station as a model, discuss the role that the oil, automotive, steel, and coal industries have played, and continue to play, in shaping the landscape of the United States. Focus your discussion on the economic, environmental, and long-term public health implications for local communities resulting from the presence of these industries. Do you believe that oil, automotive, steel, and coal industries helped shape America’s nation not only environmentally, but also economically and socially? Since the 18th and 19th century, industrialization has been shaping America’s economy. But, it has also indirectly shaped America’s landscape as well. The reason of that is because the landscape of a company will
As the U.S was paving through the land as if it was meaningless, the environment was becoming degraded. This is the effect that factories had on the environment around them. For example, if a coal mine was built in an area where trees were located, those trees would have been destroyed. This can lead to deforestation, but that wasn’t a majority of the U.S citizens’ line of reasoning. They didn’t care that the air was being depleted, thanks to the excessive carbon dioxide in the air. Their sole focus was to make a pretty penny and not preserving the environment in the process. On page 69, paragraph 4, it states," Turner station is less than a mile across in any direction, its horizon lined with skyscraper-sized shipping cranes and smokestacks billowing thick clouds from Sparrows Point." This exemplifies how the major industries-oil, automotive, steel, and coal affected not only the economy but the environment as well. Pollution of carbon dioxide has always been a big factor when it comes to industries. And it will continue to conquer the U.S landscape as we, as a nation, move