But small changes are likely, and Dominion has already made one: it has wired the plant's electronic earthquake sensors to a battery.
PHELPS DODGE CORP., Phoenix, a leading copper producer, said it planned to cut 125 jobs and close a magnet-wire plant in El Paso.
The rail yard would also be unwelcomed at an alternative Port Jefferson branch site at the former Cerro Wire plant in Syosset.
The cityscape and hilly topography are pretty much the same, but most of that world is long gone, like the Otis Elevator factory, the Alexander Smith Carpet mill, the Anaconda Wire plant in Hastings where his aunt worked.
There are a number of industries, including a cement factory, a cable and electric-wire plant, a sheet-metal plant, a glass and ceramic factory, a flour mill, and a brickworks.
The sites remaining in the final study include the former Cerro Wire plant in Syosset, where a high-end regional mall is also proposed; West Islip near the Babylon railroad station; two locations in Yaphank; south of an existing rail yard in Ronkonkoma; on the grounds of the former Pilgrim Psychiatric Center in Brentwood; and on undeveloped land near Indian Island county park in Riverhead.
Don't miss the Marcello Fantoni large copper vase, the mid-century bar cart, the 1827 quilt rack, the Charles Counts vase, the 1969 C. Jere owl, the antique Theodore B. Starr ice bucket, the 1970s Sciolari chandelier and French wire plant stand.
The old Anaconda Wire and Cable plant, closed since 1975, is a hulk of aging red brick and metal buildings.
She grew up in this river town back in the days when the streets were packed each morning with workers heading down to the Anaconda Wire and Cable plant.
"So we put nails in the wooden tubs and wired the plants down.
