South Troy still carries the river in the air, and the old Burden works sit down near the water like a memory with a roof on it. Howe Truck & Trailer plows this end of the city when the storms come through — driveways and lots opened up, walkways cleared, salt and sand down on the ice that forms out on the flats. Night work here is headlights, orange strobes and the scrape of steel on pavement, again and again until the ground is bare. By the time the first shift moves, the way in is open. That is the entire point of the night.