HELLO EVERYONE I WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF OUTLOOK AND FEEL FOR THE TRADE THAT I LOVE THE MOST. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE IRONWORKERS THAT TAUGHT ME THE ROPES AND HELP ME BRAVE THE LONG YEARS OF TOUGH WORK IN THIS HARD, DANGEROUS, REWARDING, RIGOROUS CAREER. SO MANY OF MY FOREFATHERS IN THE TRADE HAD ENDURED HARDTIMES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, ALSO THE ERA WHERE THERE WERE NOT ANY LABOR LAWS NOR WORKER SAFETY LAWS AS THERE IS TODAY. SO MANY IRONWORKERS HAVE GIVEN THERE LIVES TO WORK AN HONEST DAYS WAGE AND NEVER MADE IT BACK TO THERE FAMILIES AT THE END OF THE WORK DAYS. SO MANY HAD ALSO DEALT WITH THE UNION WORKER'S RIGHTS CAMPAIGNS THAT LED TO THE CURRENT UNIONS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS OF TODAY.
IRONWORKERS HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONGTIME . IRON HAS BEEN IN PEOPLES LIVES FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. JUST WITH THE TURN OF THE LAST 2 CENTURIES DID THE SKYSCRAPERS TOUCH THE HEAVENS AND THAT BRIDGES LIKE THE BROOKLYN AND THE MIGHTY GOLDEN GATE IN SAN FRANSISCO COME TO CREATION WHERE IRONWORKERS WERE THE MASTERS OF THE SKIES AND METAL. IRONWORKERS CONSIST OF THE STRUCTURAL, REINFORCING "REBAR", ORNAMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE TRADE.
A MERE FACT THAT EVEN IN SEATTLE WASHINGTON THE TALL AND TOWERING WAMU TOWER AND THE BRIDGES, HIGHWAYS AND SEAHAWK STADIUM ALONG WITH SAFECO FIELD ARE SKELETONS OF IRON THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MADE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE WORK DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE OF IRONWORKERS.
I AM PROUD OF THE TRADE THAT I HAVE COME TO LOVE SO I WILL INCLUDE PICTURES TO THE STRENGHT AND DEDICATION AND WILL OF THE "SKY COWBOYS".
CHECK OUT THE LINKS BELOW.
HERE IS WHAT WE ARE MADE OF "IRON" DO YOU HAVE "IRON"?
