Here's To The Unsung Heroes

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Here's To The Unsung Heroes

Here's To The Unsung Heroes

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Hamma112

Great Stories Uncle Dan, I remember hearing a lot from my Dad as well. Philly the Torch.

BobC

They finally finished the Hancock St bridge last year, they had fiddle farted with that for about 3 years. First they closed this lane, then they closed the other lane, back and forth for three YEARS. This spans some railroad tracks and might be 150 ft long.

Things used to be different back when people did their jobs without a lot of back and forth -

The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on Fifth Avenue between West 33rd and 34th Streets.
Height: 1,250′, 1,454′ to tip
Construction started: March 17, 1930
Floors: 102
Opened: May 1, 1931

One year, one month, and 13 days to build a 102 story building! Amazing, simply amazing.

Bob

Heating718

Well written article Uncle Dan!!!! Humanity and pipes revealed in personal stories of my father....very enjoyable!!!!

cutter

Three out of that four might not even know what a wheel is, or what it does. Let alone what a trades man is. They most likely have not put in an honest days work in their lives.

SteveSteam

Proud member of Enterprise Association of Steamfitters L.U. 638 for 35 years. I had the pleasure of meeting you a few times at your seminars.

Hammer

Awesome article, Dan! I've spent my professional career designing, installing, and maintaining 'the stuff' that goes behind the walls inside buildings and in the trenches leading to/from buildings, and it never ceases to amaze me how 'easy' the trades guys make it look. Especially, when I know darn well that it isn't easy! I can't help myself when I enter a building for the first time and look around for the evidence of the HVAC, plumbing, sprinkler, and lighting systems, and wonder, "How'd they do that?"

ChrisJ

BobC said:

They finally finished the Hancock St bridge last year, they had fiddle farted with that for about 3 years. First they closed this lane, then they closed the other lane, back and forth for three YEARS. This spans some railroad tracks and might be 150 ft long.

Things used to be different back when people did their jobs without a lot of back and forth -

The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on Fifth Avenue between West 33rd and 34th Streets.
Height: 1,250′, 1,454′ to tip
Construction started: March 17, 1930
Floors: 102
Opened: May 1, 1931

One year, one month, and 13 days to build a 102 story building! Amazing, simply amazing.

Bob

That's only because the Daleks were behind that project.

westbye

Wow, tears in my eyes. What a rich life and so under-appreciated. Raising a glass to the dead men.

DanHolohan

Thanks to all of you, guys. Glad you liked the telling. It's far easier to write about this than it is to do it. Phil has taught me that, and he has made my life, and my writing, richer, as have the rest of the Halpins.

Everywhere you go, people want to know.
Who you are. Where you come from.
And you tell 'em!
You are the Halpins, the Mighty, Mighty Halpins!

God bless you all.