A couple footnotes: 1. There are some abandoned houses waiting to be demolished in Cheshire. It didn't feel right wandering inside in front of the locals. They are wonderful people and miss their town, as well as the people who used to live in those houses. 2. In 2016 AEP sold the plant/town to Blackstone & Arclight LLCs. I did not mention this in the video. It does not change the fate of the town 3. I say CO2 is a pollutant because it is when 14 million metric tons are being released in a year (Gavin released this amount in 2019). If you'd like to leave after hearing that, I wish you the best. I try to keep this channel separate from my political views and unfortunately pollution is political. But anyway, thanks for watching
I grew up there to👍🏼my brother and sister went to Kyger creek high school I was in Cheshire kyger elementary at the time back in the 70’s ,, sad 😢to see what happened to our little town! I was born in gallipolis actually but lived in Cheshire! ✌🏼Go Buckeyes 🌿🌰
I drove through Cheshire several times when I still lived in Ohio in the 60's. That was before AEP got in there and did the massive expansion to the Turkey Creek plant. I think Cheshire was near its peak of population then (around 400) and it seemed like a pleasant little town that wasn't as poor as lot of other coal towns in the area because of the good paying jobs at the plant. It was located on a high bank of the river and didn't suffer from the seasonal flooding of a lot of other river towns along the Ohio. It's unfortunate the new plant more or less drove a lot of residents out, but it sounds like they got a reasonable deal on their real estate, and there really wasn't much of a market to sell into other than AEP.
This is a great video, brother. The town is so sparse but the vestiges of the houses with the little walk up and the concrete pads embedded in fields is so... eerie. it feels like a post apocalyptic town, pre-apocalypse, especially with how the tower is kind of always present whether it's literally visible over everything or via the low freq hum.
Hey thank you 🙏 I felt the same way, walking around I'd get distracted then turn around and ope there's a giant power plant. It's a looming constant reminder that everything there will disappear one day
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This place reminds me of a little town in NC up in the mountains. Its virtually empty except this huge skyscraper lookin industrial plant. At night me and an old bf would walk around town in silence and watch the smog glowing orange from the lights on the towers. You know people work there 24/7, right? But it never looked that way...
Any chemical, even if naturally found in the atmosphere, is considered a “pollutant” if it’s released in levels that distort the natural ratios of chemicals that make up the atmosphere. It’s just what it’s called. Plants breathe other stuff too but if there’s too much CO2 it hurts them and us. Humans breathe oxygen but we would be poisoned if there was too much oxygen. Oxygen would then also be considered a pollutant if we were releasing too much.
A couple footnotes:
1. There are some abandoned houses waiting to be demolished in Cheshire. It didn't feel right wandering inside in front of the locals. They are wonderful people and miss their town, as well as the people who used to live in those houses.
2. In 2016 AEP sold the plant/town to Blackstone & Arclight LLCs. I did not mention this in the video. It does not change the fate of the town
3. I say CO2 is a pollutant because it is when 14 million metric tons are being released in a year (Gavin released this amount in 2019). If you'd like to leave after hearing that, I wish you the best. I try to keep this channel separate from my political views and unfortunately pollution is political. But anyway, thanks for watching
politics is literally our reality, there's no getting away from it.
I'm a union carpenter. I spent ten months working in the Gavin plant last year. Instead of aep, they now go by "light stone"
I grew up here. Thank you for the memories of how my little town disappeared. I really do appreciate such a wonderful and honest look at my hometown
I grew up there to👍🏼my brother and sister went to Kyger creek high school I was in Cheshire kyger elementary at the time back in the 70’s ,, sad 😢to see what happened to our little town! I was born in gallipolis actually but lived in Cheshire! ✌🏼Go Buckeyes 🌿🌰
Music " everything in its right place". LOVE the documentary and the music!
I drove through Cheshire several times when I still lived in Ohio in the 60's. That was before AEP got in there and did the massive expansion to the Turkey Creek plant. I think Cheshire was near its peak of population then (around 400) and it seemed like a pleasant little town that wasn't as poor as lot of other coal towns in the area because of the good paying jobs at the plant. It was located on a high bank of the river and didn't suffer from the seasonal flooding of a lot of other river towns along the Ohio. It's unfortunate the new plant more or less drove a lot of residents out, but it sounds like they got a reasonable deal on their real estate, and there really wasn't much of a market to sell into other than AEP.
Absolutely awesome video and the music you composed for the end clips is lovely
Thank you!!
Good work! ✅
Thank you!
I remember reading about this town on websites in the early 2010's. It always seemed super creepy. It's cool to see it in a more positive light
Yeah I saw that too! I honestly don't feel that places like this are creepy once you understand the history
Good video! Everything in its right place.
Thanks Dave!
This is a great video, brother. The town is so sparse but the vestiges of the houses with the little walk up and the concrete pads embedded in fields is so... eerie. it feels like a post apocalyptic town, pre-apocalypse, especially with how the tower is kind of always present whether it's literally visible over everything or via the low freq hum.
Hey thank you 🙏 I felt the same way, walking around I'd get distracted then turn around and ope there's a giant power plant. It's a looming constant reminder that everything there will disappear one day
Nice job! Hadn't heard from you in a while, missed your show😊
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Hope you are okay this is a great channel
This place reminds me of a little town in NC up in the mountains. Its virtually empty except this huge skyscraper lookin industrial plant. At night me and an old bf would walk around town in silence and watch the smog glowing orange from the lights on the towers. You know people work there 24/7, right? But it never looked that way...
This video is🔥!!
Thank you!
I can see the steam from the plant from my bedroom window.
Damn this is so much better than the one I tried to make!
I don't know about that but thank you! New camera really helped with getting the story right
You should be the History department head an esteemed Ivy League University.
we used to live in delaware county
the greenpeace activists are what i like to call hippies
Hello may friends Good morning to you
I been here
Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant, but what plants breathe.
Any chemical, even if naturally found in the atmosphere, is considered a “pollutant” if it’s released in levels that distort the natural ratios of chemicals that make up the atmosphere. It’s just what it’s called. Plants breathe other stuff too but if there’s too much CO2 it hurts them and us. Humans breathe oxygen but we would be poisoned if there was too much oxygen. Oxygen would then also be considered a pollutant if we were releasing too much.
First just for historical value you only call a town or community a village if you aspire to hillary clinton’s it takes a village bs.
I haven't read that book but now I'm very curious. Might go read myself a children's book today
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