That photo is undoubtedly Camden, NJ.
Yeah, it is.
My son in law is in Somalia. It looks better than that.
Note the tire barricade, slowing vehicular access to the drug den down at the end.
I went to work in Camden in 88. Had to go to pipefitters union hall. They made everyone stay outside until your name came up for dispatch. It was said at the time the union hall had been fire bombed 3 times...
That’s the first place I ever witnessed falsfying welding test at a nuke plant. My buddy and I were told we didn’t pass pur welding test to go to work on Salem 1&2. When I called BS, the General Foreman came up to me and explained that they had given our successful tests to 2 other guys and in return do us a solid back at the Hall.
Back at the Hall, the business manager treated us like local hands, we were travelers from Pasco, and sent us out to new construction at the Mobile refinery. 4 months later when I quit to go home, the business manager tried to get me to stay and offered me the General Foreman job out on Peasby Point coal burner. Said I was welcome back anytime