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Article: Paradise in a parking lot
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 18, 1994
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CopyrightCopyright 1994 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The air in the Union 76 truckstop, or transport cafe, at
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is a concoction of fried food and
testosterone. It's a place where the toilet seats are left up and
the groans from a blue movie fight with the noise from Space
Invader games.
Parked outside the television room is an old articulated lorry.
Its days of hauling goods have been given up to God. Eight years
ago its 40ft trailer was converted from cargo carrying to chapel,
and pews now line up where packing cases were once stacked. On the
side, in large blue lettering, are the words "Mobile Chapel".
Harrisburg's truckstop was the first in America to add a chapel
to its list of amenities, once the Transport for ...