"Jawn" Henry

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The "steel driving man" was a ledgend on the C&O -- why did N&W choose Jawn Henry??Ron H.

NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  The name was taken from the legendary black construction worker "Jawn Henry"
who pitted his hammer and drill against a steam powered pile driver and died
in the attempt. Some of us probably know the song. As far as I know, it
was always "Jawn"

Bob McKell
Chillicothe OH



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Mike,

I think that was just an attempt to spell the name phonetically as people in

the area purportedly pronounced it. Kind of like "West--by Gawd--Vujinya.

Sam Putney

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> One more quick question. I've always been curious about the name of N&W's

> steam turbine called "Jawn" Henry. What is with the spelling? Shouldn't it

> be John Henry?

>

> Mike Weeks

> Charlotte, NC

>

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