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Old History photo # 187 #7968332
10/10/23 09:13 AM
10/10/23 09:13 AM
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330-Trapper Offline OP

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Workers manoeuvre into position an Ionic column headpiece, for the Civil Courts Building, St. Louis, Missouri (1928).
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Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: 330-Trapper] #7968335
10/10/23 09:19 AM
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Pre OHSA, lol

Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: DaveP] #7969628
10/12/23 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by DaveP
Pre OHSA, lol

Wow- I'd say


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Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: 330-Trapper] #7969646
10/12/23 09:15 AM
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Wisconsin
Man they were nuts!

Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: Bear Tracker] #7969647
10/12/23 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Bear Tracker
Man they were nuts!

Sure were


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Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: DaveP] #7969687
10/12/23 10:48 AM
10/12/23 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by DaveP
Pre OHSA, lol

I was thinking the same thing. Wow!


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Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: 330-Trapper] #7969740
10/12/23 12:08 PM
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Isn't that one fellow Phil Swift ? ... with that pail of Flex Glue ? smile

Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: 330-Trapper] #7969748
10/12/23 12:19 PM
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Anchorage, Alaska
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Talk about nerves of steel! Lots of respect for anyone that has done that job.

Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: 330-Trapper] #7969764
10/12/23 12:57 PM
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I get chills just looking at these kind of pictures.


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Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: 330-Trapper] #7969812
10/12/23 02:45 PM
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None of my buddies from work think I am scared or heights but that photo makes me scared of heights.


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Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: 330-Trapper] #7969905
10/12/23 04:14 PM
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It doesnt look like any of that framework is going to hold once that sets down on it LOL.

Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: 330-Trapper] #7969931
10/12/23 04:48 PM
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Love walking on planks like that with the 1 1/2 inch surprise. Startles you deep.......jk


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Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: 330-Trapper] #7969934
10/12/23 04:55 PM
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If you can walk on something inches off the ground safely, in the current weather conditions, you can walk on the same thing thousands of feet in the air, in the same weather conditions. There's no good reason to fear doing it.

Keith

Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: 330-Trapper] #7969991
10/12/23 06:29 PM
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I did a lot of work up high, 10-12 story, but we had tie Offs. Them guys didn't get paid enough.

Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: 330-Trapper] #7970080
10/12/23 07:56 PM
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The worst part is they got the plank too close the head is al most knocking them off the plank.

Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: jk] #7970404
10/13/23 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by jk
Love walking on planks like that with the 1 1/2 inch surprise. Startles you deep.......jk


we used to call that the big inch a half freefall. LOL


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Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: KeithC] #7970438
10/13/23 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by KeithC
If you can walk on something inches off the ground safely, in the current weather conditions, you can walk on the same thing thousands of feet in the air, in the same weather conditions. There's no good reason to fear doing it.

Keith

Except the fear of slipping, falling and then Landing.

Last edited by 330-Trapper; 10/13/23 06:24 PM.

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Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: 330-Trapper] #7970561
10/13/23 11:19 AM
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If that thing swings, the guy on the right is going down. Good thing it's not raining!


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Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: 330-Trapper] #7970607
10/13/23 12:26 PM
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Wow, that kind of makes the old heart skip a beat just looking at the photo.


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Re: Old History photo # 187 [Re: 330-Trapper] #7970832
10/13/23 05:18 PM
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Them baggy (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) britches with them big ol flappy cuffs really make me nervous .... inviting disaster.
Brave souls, for sure !

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