Losing Lordstown

Losing Lordstown - Belt Magazine

General Motors announced plans this week to close its plant in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley. But it’s not only jobs that are at stake. By Vince Guerrieri Photo: Jeff Swenson/Getty Images When the first car—a Chevrolet Impala—rolled off the line at the Lordstown GM complex near Youngstown, Ohio, in 1966, the Mahoning Valley was still a blue-collar haven.