{"id":832,"date":"2008-02-21T07:14:17","date_gmt":"2008-02-21T07:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"\/yorktownsquare\/2008\/02\/21\/post-162\/"},"modified":"2014-06-19T06:37:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T10:37:13","slug":"post-162","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/post-162\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers can view best of Bil Bowden&#8217;s photos on blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/04\/tmi.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/04\/tmi.jpeg\" alt=\"tmi\" width=\"512\" height=\"346\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/04\/tmi.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/04\/tmi-300x202.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This 1979 photo of Three Mile Island shows steam rising from the unit that was damaged two weeks later by a near meltdown. Today, the steam plumes are reversed. The damaged unit&#8217;s stacks sit silent. This iconic picture was taken by veteran photographer ( <a href=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/bil\/\">but new blogger<\/a>) Bil Bowden soon after he started at the York Daily Record\/Sunday News. For a warmup, see Bowden photos on this blog, York Town Square: <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2007\/04\/post-51\">A far different view of York County<\/a>, <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2007\/04\/post-36\">Simple photograph helps frame York County<\/a> and <a href=\"\/yorktownsquare\/2007\/09\/post-126\">No light at the end of this (abandoned) turnpike tunnel<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nFor years, York Daily Record\/Sunday News readers have enjoyed Bil Bowden&#8217;s photographs.<br \/>\nNow, his blog <a href=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/bil\/\">Bil&#8217;s Eye-View<\/a>, part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\">yorkblog.com<\/a> suite of bloggers, will feature some of his best hit photos from almost three decades of shooting in York County and beyond.. .<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;ll also gives descriptions about how he did what he did and why.<br \/>\nHis blog&#8217;s description sums up his effort blog&#8217;s goal:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Photographer Bil Bowden shares some of the photos he&#8217;s taken during his 29 years in York County. Hopefully they&#8217;ll make you smile and think.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not only have Bil&#8217;s photos become icons, but history is already remembering Bil as an icon himself, someone&#8217;s whose body of work publicly documents York County in the late 20th and early 21st century in the way that Lewis Miller and William Wagner did in the 19th century.<br \/>\n<em>(Another talented York Daily Record\/Sunday News photographer blogs regularly &#8211; on topics involving the environment. See Paul Kuehnel&#8217;s posts at <a href=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/greenmesh\">www.yorkblog.com\/greenmesh<\/a> greenmesh.com.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 1979 photo of Three Mile Island shows steam rising from the unit that was<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,7,47,10,4,11,36,8,13,9,28,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives-all-posts","category-events","category-explanationscontroversy","category-for-photo-fans","category-genealogyresearch","category-local-journalism-web","category-local-landmarks","category-made-in-york","category-people","category-pets-animals","category-small-town-life","category-unsungobscure-sites","category-york-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Readers can view best of Bil Bowden&#039;s photos on blog - York Town Square<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/post-162\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Readers can view best of Bil Bowden&#039;s photos on blog - York Town Square\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This 1979 photo of Three Mile Island shows steam rising from the unit that was\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/yorktownsquare\/post-162\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"York Town Square\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-02-21T07:14:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-06-19T10:37:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/yorkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/04\/tmi.jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jim McClure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@JamesMcClure\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jim McClure\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/post-162\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/post-162\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jim McClure\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b48a19c4bb41c9ee494a3eb75485cdd0\"},\"headline\":\"Readers can view best of Bil Bowden&#8217;s photos on blog\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-02-21T07:14:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-06-19T10:37:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yorkblog.com\\\/yorktownsquare\\\/post-162\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":269,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Archives, all posts\",\"Events\",\"Explanations\\\/controversy\",\"For photo fans\",\"Genealogy\\\/research\",\"Local journalism &amp; 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