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THEY got the job done
Some old-timers, and how they did it
by Hugh Kelleher, Master Plumber #10848
The profiles of
the following legends appeared in the program book distributed by the
Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors of Greater Boston at its 2004
Industry Night event.
They were young men
who were usually just a little too young to go off to World War II. Most
of them are now approaching 80, though some of them have already passed
that landmark age. All of them have contributed to the creation of the
Boston we see today. If you put them all in a car and drove around the
city, you would be unlikely to find a building that one of them didn’t
help build, or reconstruct, or inspect when it was done.
In the day-to-day
work of plumbing, we often forget that we are actually helping to build
the future. The pipes that Local No. 12 contractors and members install
today, in 2004, are likely to be functioning decades from now. Systems
that these guys built over a half century ago are certainly working well
to this very day.
The work of men
like John Cannistraro, Sr.,
Eddie Duggan, Jack Fandel,
John O’Leary, Sr., and Lou Visco has been a big part of our industry for over half a century. Each
of them has played a unique role, and some have played multiple roles.
Whether a union member, contractor, plumbing instructor, inspector, or
state official, each of these men has earned a place of special
recognition in our business.
Here are
their stories.
Next page.
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