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Lineman, ca. 1933
"Takin' up slack." -- This figure depicts a journeyman lineman with the tools and equipment used in the 1930s to adjust the slack in a high voltage power line. Some of these tools are still used today. The dangers of line work motivated the formation of the National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in 1891. Today's linemen still need the same basic skills mastered by the first members of their union. |