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THEY got the job done
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.
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