silk mill soot

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© 2011 RC deWinter ~ All Rights Reserved ________________________________________________________________________________ We cam na here to view your warks In hopes to be mair wise, But only, lest we gang to Hell, It may be nae surprise. ~ from "Carron", Robert Burns (1787) ________________________________________________________________________________ Echoed by Bruce Springsteen in "Youngstown" (1995): When I die I don't want no part of heaven, I would not do heaven's work well. I pray the devil comes and takes me To stand in the fiery furnaces of hell. ________________________________________________________________________________ Not much has changed; this grimy silk mill (ca. 1866) is still in operation as a dyeing plant.